I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Microsoft (Ithaca, NY) in Apr 2017
Interview
On campus recruitment event. They asked me to come in and it was only one technical question. They wanted an alternating BST tree traversal that printed nodes in level order, but alternating between left -> right and right -> left.
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On campus recruitment event. They asked me to come in and it was only one technical question. They wanted an alternating BST tree traversal that printed nodes in level order, but alternating between left -> right and right -> left.
Started with a 30 min informational interview. The next round was a technical interview for 6o minutes. Most problems were no more difficult then leet code medium. Then it moved into a full super day.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (Hyderābād) in Jan 2023
Interview
Four rounds - mic of technical and behavioral. Leetcode questions were asked and system design questions were asked in technical rounds. For behavioral, it was mostly straightforward situation based questions. The ability to convey your thoughts was also assessed.
Started with introductory questions, then moved on to discuss projects and tech stack. Then a DSA question was given and I was asked to code it in my local editor, complete with the main function.