I applied through a recruiter. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Nov 2015
Interview
I received an on campus interview at my university and after a few weeks, I was notified that Microsoft was going to fly me out to Redmond for more serious interviews. I interviewed in the morning and I spent the rest of the day in Seattle. The city was great. I've never been to Seattle so I tried to see as many sights as I could. I went up the space needle and walked up and down Pike Place market. The seafood in Seattle is excellent.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Microsoft (Bengaluru)
Interview
OA was taken, it was easy-medium consisting of a string problem and a DP problem. Technical Interview 1 was taken where they asked tree traversals using iteration and construction of trees using traversal
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Space Complexity of Traversal, also explain Morris Traversal
The entire process only had two rounds and it was really simple. Each round was around 45 minutes to an hour with a current Microsoft engineer and they just ask you a typical leetcode style question. There was also a behavioral round that was really simple.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The first round was a typically leetcode question that was really easy. The second round was a little bit harder. It was about having a nxn square made out of 0s and 1s and it wants you to compute what the square looks like if it was rotated.
I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft (Belgrade, Central Serbia) in Apr 2026
Interview
It was a really enjoyable experience overall. Although I didn’t get the position, the interview itself was great, and I truly appreciated the opportunity to learn more about the role, the team, and the company.