I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (North Twenty Four Parganas) in Nov 2019
Interview
Interviewer lacked knowledge. It was an online interview and they asked straight question from GeeksforGeeks. (By mistake the interviewer screen cast-ed her PC with the geeks for geeks question on screen). It was the worst question ever.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Traverse a Matrix in Clockwise fashion and print all the elements
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.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1 Greedy + 1 Graph in OT (120 min)
1 Graph (30 min)
1 Tree (30 min)
I applied through college or 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