I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft
Interview
The process took around a month. I was referenced by a friend and had a screening interview on campus. It was straightforward. I next got invited to a on-site interview. I was interviewed by four interviewers there. all questions were straightforward. Linked lists and string manipulation. Although I thought that the interview went well, as I have answered all questions correctly and also had very nice conversations with the interviewers. I did not get an offer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
numbers represented as linked lists. write afunction that takes 2 numbers as ll and returns the sum of them, as a linked list. e.g function(1->2->3, 4->5) => 1->6->8
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.
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
