I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft (Dublín, Dublín) in Aug 2023
Interview
First there was an online assessment which consisted of 2 algorithms problems. After one week or so I had HR interview. It only took 1/2 hour. It was with questions from the CV, random questions and also about teamwork during projects. Finally, I had technical 3h interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me more about this project from your CV How would you explain recursion to a 5 year old
3 rounds of leetcode medium, 2 questions were very easy, the last one was really hard (it was a binary tree question). They asked about space and time complexity. In terms of structures it was straight forward but the question itself was hard
Behavioural round consisted of "Tell me about yourself and why you wanna work for microsoft and resume screening. And technical interview consisted of 2 LC question 1 medium and 1 easy.
straightforward. directly jumped into data structure and algorithm and then a few fundamental computer science questions especially database management system and operating system then 2 or 3 questions related to resume.