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I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft in Mar 2024
Interview
Contacted by recruiter initially and then asked to take online assessment with Leetcode style medium and hard-level questions. (Due to NDA I am unable to share the exact questions that were asked during the assessment.)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Online assessment with Leetcode style medium and hard-level questions.
Easy interview
6 rounds
5 coding, 1 human resources
System design of recommendation system
Micro services vs monolith
High level design
Low level design
Dynamic programming
Bipartite graph
Loop in linked list