I applied through university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft in Jul 2021
Interview
had 2 rounds, projects were an important part, coding questions were also an important part, and questions were medium-level. Interviewer was quite friendly, one of questions was on string 2*5-6 output in int and other was lowest common ancestor tree and futhur modifications on LCA.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Lowest common ancestor where only nodes and their parent pointers are given most optimized solution
Had a coding round which was Leetcode based questions and many people failed in the first round. It was on-campus drive and only one person made to final round. He went through technical interview, HR interview and landed the job.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Leetcode questions, coding question in prefered coding language
Stage 1: Take-Home Assessment – A 1-hour coding assignment consisting of two technical questions (one Easy and one Medium).
Stage 2: Virtual Interview Day – A Zoom-based interview day comprising three consecutive interviews.
Star method completely end to end with 3 interviews in the same day. It was online and then we were split into rooms. You mess up one and you mess up all