I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft (Washington, DC) in Oct 2025
Interview
online application
I received inmail from a recruiter at microsoft through linkedin which has the job description and link to apply and i directly applied through that link.
Initial Screening
I receive mail from recruiter and asked about NP ,work experiance, invited for a meet
Genral discussion on current work experiance and College education, my preffered programming language
Experiance working on C++,multithreading
the HR told that the process will involve 3 rounds ,2 technical and one managerial which will be based on DSA and problem solving
Technical Round
Duration 45 minutes, one dsa question medium leetcode
meeting held on Microsoft teams
formal introduction
Length of Longest substring without repeating characters
First i solved with bruteforce than optimize solution
Challenges - execute given test cases and all should pass with correct output.
Technical Round
Duration : 1 hour
Meeting held on Micrsoft Teams
formal introduction
Asked: 1 Dsa question , 1 Debugging , 1 problem from GIT topic
Solve - Find repeating and missing number in array
I give a solution with hashmap and then Optimized Approach with O(1) Space complexity.
Debug - Find repeating elements from two arrays
merge conflict question with given parameters by interviewer, how to solve when same line of code already created by user1 and merged and if 2nd person still working on problems and have different code on same line, then how to solve the merge conflict
I have solved both question related to DSA, but unable to explain for GIT merge conflict properly
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.