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.
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