I applied through college or university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Seattle, WA) in Jan 2016
Interview
First round was on campus. The interviewer was kind, and the problem was straightforward recursion programming problem.. I got noticed to have on-site interview on the next day after first round ended. The on-site interview had 4 rounds. Problems in first two rounds were not very hard. In the third round, I interviewed with a project manager but didn't do well. He asked me what was the most difficult problem I solved while preparing for this interview, and need me to explain the whole thing. I messed up since I forgot how to solve the problem I told him. The fourth round was a quite easy binary tree problem but my brain was not functioning well until interviewer gave me tips. Overall, I think the interview process was quite long and intense, though the coding problems were not hard. It's the PM that's hard to deal with.
Interview questions [4]
Question 1
Gaven some rules of a stock market and want you to figure out the best way to trade
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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