I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Microsoft (Tel Aviv-Yafo) in Sep 2020
Interview
I had two interview with two different people back to back with 2 questions each. each one was 45 minutes, taking overall an hour and a half. The interviewers were nice and the question were not that hard but I was late so that made me stressed.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
develop an algorithm that can tell if you won at X-O with size nxn. develop an algorithm given a tree return an array with each cell as the list of the nodes in that depth of the given tree.
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.