I applied through an employee referral. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Jul 2018
Interview
First had a quick chat with the recruiter, who passed my resume on to multiple teams. I chose two teams to interview with and had phone interviews with both, and got called on site for one team. Spent the day interviewing with a few members of the team, did not hear anything back directly but saw in my Microsoft jobs account that I was not selected for the role.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Write a program that simulates the act of randomly shuffling a deck of cards
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.