I applied through university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Microsoft (Coimbatore) in Aug 2014
Interview
There was a coding test, followed by a technical interview. The coding test consisted of some aptitude-style questions and a couple of programming problems. Those who performed well in the coding test were allowed to sit for the technical interview. To me, it seemed as though the process was good overall, but I had the bad luck to sit with a poor interviewer. He seemed to expect only a particular answer and rejected other answers.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
I want to send a message to my friend in another country. I can only write it on a piece of paper and send it to my friend via a messenger. No other channel of communication is possible. I can only send one message. How do I prevent the messenger from reading the message?
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.