I applied through a staffing agency. I interviewed at Microsoft
Interview
Got an interview through a headhunter for a contract interview. They were pretty quick to respond, and overall the experience was good. I didn't get position, and I think my lack of experience had something to do with it. They wanted 3+ years of experience, and I don't quite have that.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given a grid of letters, find every possible combination of letters and pass it to a given function that checks to see if it is a real word. You cannot repeat letters, and the letters in the word must be adjacent to each other (i.e. if you start at row 1, column 1, the only letters that can be next are (1,2), (2,1), and (2,2)).
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.
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.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Microsoft (Bangalore Rural) in Jun 2026
Interview
The interview was hard, even as a fresher the dsa they asked was hard category after I checked on leetcode. Though I couldn't solve it. Some of the other people who interviewed were asked easy - medium dsa
