I applied through university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft in Oct 2017
Interview
I turned in my resume to a recruiter on campus. A week later, I get an invitation for an on-campus interview. The interviewer was very nice. He immediately started off with a technical question and then he asked about one of my projects.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you find the common ancestor of two nodes in a binary search tree?
I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft (Melbourne)
Interview
After submitting an online application, I received a HackerRank assessment after passing the resume screening stage, then I was rejected after completing the assessment and did not proceed to further interview rounds.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The assessment consisted of two LeetCode-medium-level coding questions to be completed within 75 minutes.
Straightforward technical loop overall, with strong interviewers at every stage. I genuinely enjoyed the in-depth conversations around technical challenges and algorithmic problem-solving — the entire process felt well-structured and genuinely engaging.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Microsoft (Bangalore Rural) in Jun 2026
Interview
The interview was hard, even as a fresher the dsa they asked was hard category after I checked on leetcode. Though I couldn't solve it. Some of the other people who interviewed were asked easy - medium dsa
