I applied through college or university. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (Seattle, WA) in Aug 2018
Interview
This was for a Software Engineer Masters New Graduate Position. One round on college campus, in which the interviewer asked in-depth questions based on resume, and there was a tree traversal coding problem on a whiteboard. After this, I received the result of this round in one week. After a month, I interviewed onsite at Seattle campus. There were four rounds, each of 50 minutes and each round had one whiteboard coding question, and 5-10 minutes of technical questions and resume discussion. All questions were similar to Leetcode Medium questions related to Strings, Arrays, LinkedList sections.
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.
45 mins technical interview with a member of their San fran team. Very relaxed and informal but questions were focused and lots of follow ups. Easy to schedule as was over video conferencing platform
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.