I applied through a recruiter. The process took 8 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Nov 2015
Interview
My first interview was on campus back in February 2015 after a career fair. The 45 minute interview went really well, but they informed me that they did not have any more internship positions for the summer. However, they put me on a "fast track" in which I would be doing my onsite interviews early in the next cycle. Thus, I had to wait till November to interview onsite. The whole experience was great! They took care of everything travel-wise. There were 4 interviews back-to-back, 45 minutes each (with about 10 minutes of break in between). The main reason they seemed difficult was because of the overall length. Otherwise, each interview consisted of an average technical question (~15-20 minutes), a discussion of my interests and previous experiences (~15-20 minutes), and questions at the end. I saw each interview as a blank slate and still got an offer despite messing up one of them.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Determine if a singly linked list is a palindrome.
I applied through university. I interviewed at Microsoft (Bengaluru)
Interview
OA was taken, it was easy-medium consisting of a string problem and a DP problem. Technical Interview 1 was taken where they asked tree traversals using iteration and construction of trees using traversal
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Space Complexity of Traversal, also explain Morris Traversal
The entire process only had two rounds and it was really simple. Each round was around 45 minutes to an hour with a current Microsoft engineer and they just ask you a typical leetcode style question. There was also a behavioral round that was really simple.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The first round was a typically leetcode question that was really easy. The second round was a little bit harder. It was about having a nxn square made out of 0s and 1s and it wants you to compute what the square looks like if it was rotated.
I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft (Belgrade, Central Serbia) in Apr 2026
Interview
It was a really enjoyable experience overall. Although I didn’t get the position, the interview itself was great, and I truly appreciated the opportunity to learn more about the role, the team, and the company.