I applied through university. I interviewed at Microsoft (Bengaluru) in July 2021
Interview
It was on campus hiring program.It was pretty interactive. The people in microsoft were very friendly and they want to hire you so do not give them a chance to reject . Pro tip- have good projects on your resume and it will give an edge over others.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The questions were mailny focused on DSA and CS fundamentals
The process had three rounds: an online assessment following resume shortlisting, and two interviews focused on Data Structures and Algorithms, testing both problem solving skills and coding efficiency. Also projects in resume were asked.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked me to solve a DSA problem on arrays, focusing on both the brute force and optimized approach, and explain the trade offs between time and space complexity
Online test with 2 LC Medium-Hard level.
1 Greedy + 1 Graph
Interview 2 LC Medium level.
1 Graph + 1 Tree
Finally, HR Round based on resume, primarily ask about projects and experienced technologies.
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Question 1
1 Greedy + 1 Graph in OT (120 min)
1 Graph (30 min)
1 Tree (30 min)
I applied through university. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Microsoft (New Delhi)
Interview
Online interview assessment with three hard level DSA questions, primarily based on resume achievements, including two data structure and algorithm problems focused on arrays and strings, plus achievement driven discussion
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
One of the DSA questions they asked was: Reverse a singly linked list without using extra space, and explain both iterative and recursive approaches with time and space complexities