I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Oct 2016
Interview
The unfortunate part is that I waited over 4 weeks to hear back after the on-site interview, when they repeatedly said it would take around one week. Obviously there are delays sometimes, but four weeks seems egregious and I had to check in multiple times. I was only notified after I informed them of an impending offer deadline. The decision process was opaque. The recruiters had said multiple times that we (the candidates) were "competing against ourselves" and that there was a spot for everyone there. This seems untrue, for many reasons but especially because it took so long to get feedback. Maybe I shouldn't have taken that claim at face value, but I would argue that it shouldn't be said if it's not the case. There could have been another reason, but my recruiter didn't look into it. When I finally heard back there was no feedback, just a rejection, which is fine but adds to the non-transparency of the process.
Had an on-campus interview for 30 minutes with basic resume stuff, one quick coding question, and time to ask the interviewer questions. Waited two weeks and then scheduled an on-site interview in Redmond, which was four 45-minute interviews. Interviewers seemed more interested in how you approach the problem than finding the most optimal solution. All were very friendly and were team leads who had been at Microsoft 10+ years.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
write a program that takes row and column numbers and return excel-formatted cell name
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.