I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Shanghái, Shanghai) in Oct 2015
Interview
one round phone interview, behavior quesitons and one brain teaser
four rounds on-site interview, typical algorithm problems and system design question. No OS, network or other architecture problems. Final round we discussed my interest and future assignments.
Two days to decide whether to take the offer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
three bags with apples, bananas, mixed of apples and bananas, each of them has wrong label. Figure out an optimal way to find the proper label of these three bags
min distance between two nodes in a tree
lru design
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.
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