I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Microsoft in Apr 2024
Interview
The process was pretty straightforward, First round was an online sssessment followed by 3 rounds of interviews (Virtual On-Site). The interviews were 45 minutes each, consisted of tech + behavioural. LC Medium/ Hard
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Two Sum, a pointers question and a systems design question
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft
Interview
I had 3 interviews
one was mostly behavioural with questions about debugging
other two were behavioral and leetcode type questions
the first was with a manager
other 2 interviewers had me solve one leetcode medium question
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Take any scenario with any application of your choice and walk through what steps you would take to debug it if you found an error.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (San Francisco, CA) in Aug 2023
Interview
First interview is with a recruiter, they have very little tech knowledge and mainly just validate you resume and help place you on a team. You don't apply to a specific team the team or recruiter chooses you. Then there is a tech screening where you talk to an engineer. They will ask you technical questions about the role, mine only asked one "interview DSA" question and it was about Leetcode easy which they made me verbally solve but not code. Several big idea questions about front end frameworks (I assume they wanted a frontend engineer which I am not). After this there is technical interview in which you code, which I did not do.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
First call is a recruiter who will just ask you about your resume, as long as you can talk about whats on there you will pass. Tech screening is simple DSA questions which you will verbally solve. Then several conceptual questions about whatever team you are going to be interviewing for.