I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Sep 2025
Interview
The first interviewer presented a LeetCode-style coding challenge that focused on hash tables, while the second interviewer required implementing a function to split strings using characters, substrings, or regular expressions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Classic behavioral interview questions are commonly asked during job interviews to evaluate a candidate’s past experiences, problem-solving ability, teamwork, and adaptability in professional environments.
3 rounds of leetcode medium, 2 questions were very easy, the last one was really hard (it was a binary tree question). They asked about space and time complexity. In terms of structures it was straight forward but the question itself was hard
Behavioural round consisted of "Tell me about yourself and why you wanna work for microsoft and resume screening. And technical interview consisted of 2 LC question 1 medium and 1 easy.
straightforward. directly jumped into data structure and algorithm and then a few fundamental computer science questions especially database management system and operating system then 2 or 3 questions related to resume.
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