I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Nov 2019
Interview
It was a pretty smooth process. Got referred in August for the new grad position, had an on-campus interview with 1 LC medium and 1 LC hard in September. I got invited for on-site interviews with a specific team in November. Microsoft takes amazing care of the candidates, reimbursing every expense and placing you in a Hyatt in Bellevue.
The first was with Hiring manager, totally behavioral. The second was OOD with coding logic, next was LC easy with an optimization that got tough but the interviewer was kind to nudge me in that direction. Next was system design.
Overall it was a great experience. The interviewers are friendly and seemed to really love their work.
I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft (Melbourne)
Interview
After submitting an online application, I received a HackerRank assessment after passing the resume screening stage, then I was rejected after completing the assessment and did not proceed to further interview rounds.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The assessment consisted of two LeetCode-medium-level coding questions to be completed within 75 minutes.
45 mins technical interview with a member of their San fran team. Very relaxed and informal but questions were focused and lots of follow ups. Easy to schedule as was over video conferencing platform
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.