I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Toronto, ON) in Jan 2016
Interview
The process is fairly simple. Start with school interview that gives some technical questions. After the that, get invited to your work location for another round of interview. This time it has 2 rounds of interview. Generally, combined of behaviour questions and some technical questions. After that, a brief lunch was provided.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
count how many islands are there given 2d matrix filled with 0 or 1, 1 means a solid ground, 0 means water.
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.