I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Microsoft (Columbus, OH) in Feb 2018
Interview
It was an on-campus interview. The recruiter asked me to talk about everything on my resume, including the projects I've done. And the internship experience. Since I used to intern at IBM, Microsoft was very interested in the experience in IBM. And at the end, he asked a super easy programming question
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Write a function to check if a string is a palindrome or not
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.