I applied through college or university. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Microsoft in Sep 2017
Interview
The interview was a half hour interview that took place at my university. I was interviewed by one of their software engineers. The interview went very quickly; they started with general questions similar to most interviews (e.g. about my experience academically, my internship experience, etc.) and proceeded to a basic technical question where I was asked to answer a coding problem on paper.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I don't remember the technical question word-for-word, but it was essentially mapping several strokes (values) from one's handwriting to a single word (key).
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.
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