I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Microsoft (Seattle, WA) in Oct 2017
Interview
There are 5 rounds of interview, each one including has a coding question. The fourth interview also includes some fundamental question about computer science. After the second interview, there was a lunch interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. two sum 2. LCA 3. array partition 4. parentheses pairing 5. longest branch in a tree
Straightforward technical loop overall, with strong interviewers at every stage. I genuinely enjoyed the in-depth conversations around technical challenges and algorithmic problem-solving — the entire process felt well-structured and genuinely engaging.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Microsoft (Bangalore Rural) in Jun 2026
Interview
The interview was hard, even as a fresher the dsa they asked was hard category after I checked on leetcode. Though I couldn't solve it. Some of the other people who interviewed were asked easy - medium dsa
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.