I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft
Interview
- Dropped off resume at career's fair.
- Was contacted by HR a few days later and was scheduled for an on-campus interview.
- In the on campus interview was asked some basic questions, "what was the most difficult problem?"
- Technical questions involved: "Implement +, -, * and / without the use of any operators", "Given that data is coming in a continuously, how would you query the data?", and a debugging problem
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- Implement +, -, * and / without the use of any operators
- Given that data is coming in a continuously, how would you query the data?
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.