I applied through university. I interviewed at Microsoft
Interview
I applied both online and on the career fair. Only got a mock interview on the career. It has only been 2 weeks so I don't know if I should wait longer. Anyway, during the mock interview, there were several classic questions like what was the biggest technical difficulty you every met and tell me something about you and technology. Then there was one easy technical problem. You're given an array of Boolean values (it was a 2D array but packed in 1D) and you also have the width and height of the 2D array. Write a function that take these as parameters as well as a coordinate of a specific point of the 2D array and then enable it.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I made some mistake when trying to convert the x,y coordinate to the corresponding location of the same point in the 1D array. I was kind of nervous since this was my first interview in my life.
The interview was a long process. There was first the recruiter screen, which was followed by a 4-loop interview structure that covered technical, behavioral, and system design. The interviewers were very kind and accommodating.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft
Interview
After my application to ClipChamp - Microsoft, a recruiter reached out and scheduled my first interview. It was about basic interview questions and background analysis. After that I had my technical interview. The recruiter specifically said that I would be facing medium hacker rank questions. So I prepared accordingly. However, what I actually got was to analyse an application and re work it according to new requirements. I felt like I was set up for failure on purpose. Didn’t even hear back after that interview.
Took a bit longer than I thought, spanning about three weeks from start to finish. After a quick recruiter screen, I had a technical round where I was asked about validating a binary search tree. The wild part is, I had literally seen this exact problem on prachub.com while prepping. It helped me feel more confident discussing my approach and edge cases. There was also a behavioral interview where I shared my experiences, and eventually, I received an offer. I chose to decline it, though, as it wasn't the right fit for me at the time.
