Applied through a campus recruiting system and a referral. Had a short interview on campus. Moved on to an on site in my city that was 1 day. I had four interviews, where the questions were all leetcode easy and medium, or a famous hard. Interviewers typed on their laptop to write notes while I was whiteboarding, and whilst they did pre-emptively say that they weren't intentionally being rude, many typed so much that it gave me a bad vibe.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Asked a question about how I would store a painting that contained shapes, which contained points. Didn't realise the interviewer expected me to do a system design, awkwardly talked to her for half an hour about what she meant.
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.
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