I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA)
Interview
Very standard tech interview overall. Phone screen with a technical question that requires coding on a shared editor. Onsite consists of 5 rounds while first 4 are with managers and senior engineers of the org and last round with the head of the org. Each round can either be coding or design, coding problems are mostly related to basic data structure / algorithm understanding.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Something related to data structures such as list or tree
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.