I applied through university. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Microsoft (Durgapur, West Bengal) in Aug 2020
Interview
Total Rounds: 4
Round 1: An online programming test on mettl.com consisting of 2 easy questions and 1 medium question.
Q1. Solve a postfix expression.
Q2. A straightforward question to sort the array and find the difference between certain elements.
Q3. Calculate the mean, median, and mode of a given array of numbers with precision.
Round 2: A technical interview where I discussed my projects and a question based on the application of data structures.
Round 3: A technical round with questions on strings and different variations of the "buy-sell stock" problem.
Round 4: A technical and behavioral round. There weren't programming questions but we had a discussion on encryption(in messaging apps and video streaming platforms).
Note: I do not have any hardcore knowledge of encryption rather, I only knew what is encryption and where and why it is used. Later, he explained to me a few topics on encryption and then asked me questions based on it.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given a file consisting of passenger details and the seating layout of a train assign berths(seats) and coach to the passenger by following certain criteria:
i. People above the age of 60 should get priority in getting a seat.
ii. People above the age of 60 should only get a lower berth.
1 Phone Round that was 30 mins where I was asked a mix of technical and behavioral questions.
2 back to back 45 minute interviews each with 1 coding question.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
In the phone interview, they asked me what technologies about Microsoft was exciting.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (San Diego, CA) in Feb 2022
Interview
One 30 min call with behavioral and simple coding question. Second round involves two 45-60 min coding/behavioral interviews, with a 10-15 min break between the two depending on how fast you finish.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Parsing code into a text document
2. Word search in a 2D array of words given a list of words.
1 Online Test
3 Technical Coding Interviews
They also asked about company culture fit questions and had a techno-hr round as the 3rd interview
The online test was fairly simple and heavily proctored and the company focuses on resume too
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Data Structures and Algorithms and also about OS and OOPs