I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Microsoft in May 2016
Interview
Avoid to interview with Microsoft if you have more than 5 years experiences. I had been through their hiring event and got an offer but disappointed with lower level title and salary. Try to negotiate but HR said they have lots of engineers to eager to join Microsoft so do not waste of their tme.
Microsoft, if you want to hire experienced one, please respect their career too. Sorry but there are lots of good company to value their employees!
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.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Microsoft (Bangalore Rural) in Jun 2026
Interview
The interview was hard, even as a fresher the dsa they asked was hard category after I checked on leetcode. Though I couldn't solve it. Some of the other people who interviewed were asked easy - medium dsa
The interview was a long process. There was first the recruiter screen, which was followed by a 4-loop interview structure that covered technical, behavioral, and system design. The interviewers were very kind and accommodating.