I applied cold and a recruiter reached out to me. They set up my interview, but my questions to them went unanswered. I had to prepare out of assumption and never spoke to the recruiter through the process. My initial interview with a senior manager went well, but they were very late to the meeting and at some point I almost hopped off because I thought they forgot (appx. 15mins after agreed time). Once i got the greenlight for final interview round, I was told I had 45-60 minutes for a presentation. Typical amount of time. Some were late to show up...AGAIN. I gave a quick run down of what I'd talk about and as I was nearing the end of the powerpoint, I was interrupted and told we were running out of time and they were interested in hearing about my Vibecoding section. First of all...you guys were LATE?? My presentation was perfectly within the time allotted, but you guys didn't respect my time, so I'm obviously going start late?? Which means I'm literally going to have to finish later. It's basic logic? Anyway, I was almost done and the vibecoding was literally the next slide. That miffed me. Afterwards, we split into individual interviews.

Had a great and learning interview experience with Microsoft. I went to their campus as it was offline and had good experience navigating office and interview cabin. Would highly recommend to give interview at least.

Quick 1 project walkthrough with the hiring manager, a 45-minute session with some quick back-and-forth questions at the beginning and towards the end, very easy-going atmosphere. Did use a case study deck to present my project