I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Toronto, ON) in Oct 2015
Interview
I placed second in our school's Microsoft sponsored coding challenge. I gave the people who ran the competition my resume afterwards. I was contacted by Microsoft recruiters a few weeks later requesting a 1:1 interview with a software engineer when they were scheduled to come to my school for recruiting.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given some coin denominations, and quantity of each, write a program to determine if you can create a given dollar amount, k, from said coins.
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
