I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft (Oslo) in Apr 2018
Interview
After phone screening I got an invitation to onsite interview. But they have rejected it with "expensive flight tickets" explanation. I had a skype call for second interview. First Engineer's internet connection was poor and I did not really could hear him. Second interviewer was much warmer and friendly. I have solved medium type of tasks similar as in hackerrank. But got rejection with words "We would like to proceed visa for you, please try to apply us within 6 months".
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.