J'ai postulé en ligne. J'ai passé un entretien chez Microsoft (Redmond, WA) en mai 2017
Entretien
The interview process started with an HR person reaching out and doing a phone screening. They asked mostly personality questions but ended the interview with a puzzle.
The onsite interview lasted from 9 am to 4 pm on the Redmond campus. During that time I had meetings with 5 different people and was ask 7 different white boarding questions. My advice to anyone preparing for the interview would be to buy a coding interview prep book, for example 'Cracking the Coding Interview', and memorizing all the answers.
Questions d'entretien [4]
Question 1
If you have a 2-d array representing islands (with 1's) and ocean (with 0's). How do you count the number of islands. Note two adjacent 1's make a single island
J'ai postulé en ligne. J'ai passé un entretien chez Microsoft (Melbourne)
Entretien
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.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
The assessment consisted of two LeetCode-medium-level coding questions to be completed within 75 minutes.
J'ai passé un entretien chez Microsoft (Seattle, WA)
Entretien
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.
J'ai postulé via la recommandation d'un employé. J'ai passé un entretien chez Microsoft (Bangalore Rural) en juin 2026
Entretien
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
