I applied in-person. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Microsoft (Seattle, WA) in Sep 2019
Interview
1st round interview. Some random person who could hardly speak english. 2nd interview some stupid person who was interviewing me as his replacement. 3rd interview a smart asian dude who asked me about binary trees.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Study your entire book from college because all they really care about is algorithms.
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.
45 mins technical interview with a member of their San fran team. Very relaxed and informal but questions were focused and lots of follow ups. Easy to schedule as was over video conferencing platform
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.