I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Iowa City, IA) in Sep 2013
Interview
Emailed by a recruiter to set up a phone screen. Had the phone screen after two weeks, it was about 30 minutes where the interview asked a series of behavioral questions, the call ended with the interview asking if I had any questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Think of somebody, a friend, mentor, or professor that you regard as a good coder and why. Now, rank yourself in comparison to them if they are a 10. How would to get yourself to a 9?
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.