I applied online. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (Sydney) in Mar 2024
Interview
I applied in Microsoft Australia. The recuriter reached out to me with technical screen phone call and start the process, she mentioned there would be five rounds of technical interviews, but actually it was four. Each round included around 15 minues mixed with general technical questions and behavioural questions. 30 mins of coding, which are generally medium to hard level of leetcode questions, and afterwards by extending the coding questions to system design questions and that could last another 15 mins. With some interesting topics, the interviewers were pretty smart as well, could spend more than one hour to discussion solutions/questions with interviewees, and those discussions were pretty enjoyable!
As the interviers are all around the world, interviews were conducted in early AEST time or late AEST time, I denied the ones in mid-night. In general it's a very enjoyable process.
Drawback is, the interview process took VERY long, it took me more than 9 weeks, and background check for another four weeks. However, I did enjoy some time off between jobs.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I feel like it's no point to share the actual questions and be prepared for Leetcode type of questions, medium to hard level. Thinking process is more important than make sure the code is bug free, however, it's better to prepare test cases and get the code working.
Mine question types were: intervals, arrays, map and multi-thread handling. Hope those helps.
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Microsoft (Hyderâbâd) in Apr 2024
Interview
Process takes place in a single day with all major rounds, also the HR communication is not what you would expect of a big tech company. First you will receive invite for 2 rounds then if the feedback is positive then they will move forward with other rounds. I found the recuiter experience can be improved, by providing constant feedback, instead of just ghosting the candidates with no feedback.
Good, standard interview process. Recruiters took a while to reach out to schedule the interview. Interview went well and a standard question was asked. Overall - good, standard interview process.