I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Microsoft (Hyderābād) in Aug 2021
Interview
1. Coding challenge, was easy
2. Interview Round 1 - Code solution to #island problem in editor of your choice and run end to end.
3. Interview Round 2 - Technical questions
4. Interview Round 3 - With hiring manager, mostly about projects
I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft in Mar 2026
Interview
Online Interview in March. Tech interview + URAA interview back to back. Different interviewers but similar questions in both interviews. Self Introduction + Dive into projects in resume + Leetcode questions
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Choice of frontend tech stack; LRU Cache coding + explanation (especially about the data structure complexity)
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Microsoft in Feb 2026
Interview
It was very light and medium paced. Started with intro, moved to resume based questions then DSA and then fundamentals. The guy taking my interview was very chill and supportive.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1 DSA Questions, a bit about my resume and OS fundamentals
it was great ,and the questions were mainly dp graph trees and dbmc cs,fundamenatls ,os ,oops ,sql compiler ddesign was there that was only easy some lld related questions and there were differnet types of the cases that have to be presents
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
it was great ,and the questions were mainly dp graph trees and dbmc cs,fundamenatls ,os ,oops ,sql compiler ddesign was there that was only easy some lld related questions and there were differnet types of the cases that have to be presents