I applied through university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Irvine, CA) in Oct 2017
Interview
I applied by giving my resume at a career fair in the university i'm studying at. I got an email back almost a week after wanting to schedule for an on-campus interview. The interview was 45 minutes: 15 minutes talking about my projects and skills and then 27 minutes for coding question on paper and 3 minutes for questions that i wanted to ask.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Favorite project (worked on a team, and was interesting to me)
technical questions:
1- have sorted array with empty places at end, want to add element, what to use?
2- have sorted array with empty places at end, want to add another sorted array to it, write the code in C++.
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.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Microsoft (Bangalore Rural) in June 2026
Interview
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
The interview was a long process. There was first the recruiter screen, which was followed by a 4-loop interview structure that covered technical, behavioral, and system design. The interviewers were very kind and accommodating.
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