I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA)
Interview
Submit the resume 4 months ago and had the HR call.
Then receive the interview invitation.
It was four round tech interview.
The phone interview waved, got final round directly.
Offer received after one day, the team recruit people eagerly. Give 2 weeks to consider to accept or reject the offer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
3 round of Coding + System design
1 round of pure system design (distributed)
Parking lot system design, e
Walking into the technical round, I had an unexpected moment of déjà vu when I was asked to find the lowest common ancestor in a binary tree. It was just like the question I had practiced on prachub.com a few days earlier. The interview also included designing an LRU cache and reversing a linked list, which I felt comfortable with too. Overall, the process was smooth, starting with a recruiter screen and a couple of phone interviews. I received an offer, but ultimately decided to decline.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
Given a binary tree, find the lowest common ancestor of two given nodes
The process consisted 3 technical rounds after clearing the OA , consisted of medium to hard story based question. Not all round interviewer asked to run the code the last 1 just asked the approach
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Theay asked a graph (bfs) + bianry search question
Was a typical first round recruiter screen - pretty straightforward but didn't end up getting moved vforwards. Prompt, Professional and overall a good experience. They asked me about my background, explained the role and it was with the recruitment team.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe your background going into detial in each role