I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Ho Chi Minh City) in Dec 2025
Interview
We started off going through my resume. The interviewer has a heavy accent and a bad mic.
Then we proceeded to a technical live problem solve. I wasn't provided with an IDE so I decided to use Google Docs to avoid the auto fill from VSCode.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Find Minimum Elt in Rotated Sorted Array where the elts are not distinct.
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.