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I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Israel) in Sep 2025
Interview
I got an e-mail with a link to a home assignement i had to do within a week. It was a home assignement with 2 coding questions one basic and one a bit harder. It was 65 minutes for both questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
You are given an integer array arr of length n, and three integers x, y, and z.
You may select non-overlapping subarrays from arr.
Each chosen subarray must be of length 1, length 2, or length 3.
You can choose at most x subarrays of length 1.
You can choose at most y subarrays of length 2.
You can choose at most z subarrays of length 3.
Your goal is to maximize the total sum of all elements in the selected subarrays.
Return the maximum possible sum you can obtain under these constraints.
Input: arr (list of integers), x, y, z (non-negative integers)
Output: An integer representing the maximum total sum.
Typical process where you have 4-5 rounds covering algorithms, behavioral, etc...
You get full info from the HR on each step and explanation.
One of the rounds, you will speak to a leader and they will evaluate your personality and your belief in their values.
Did OA, which was 2 leetcode style questions.
Moved onto interview process which was 3 interviws of 1 hour each. Successfully answered all technical questions and answered behavioural questions well. Did not get an offer, which was unexpected given how the interviews went.