I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Toronto, ON) in Jan 2016
Interview
The process is fairly simple. Start with school interview that gives some technical questions. After the that, get invited to your work location for another round of interview. This time it has 2 rounds of interview. Generally, combined of behaviour questions and some technical questions. After that, a brief lunch was provided.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
count how many islands are there given 2d matrix filled with 0 or 1, 1 means a solid ground, 0 means water.
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
