I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Microsoft (Herzliya) in Jun 2015
Interview
The first interview in microsoft. It was a cool but difficult Interview. The interviewer asked me to tell him about some project I completed in university. He have also asked basic questions such as "what is polymorphism?", "what is heritance?", and so on.
Then the interview actually started. He asked me about binary tree serialization, including code writing. He left me a couple of minutes alone in room and then checked my code with me. He also asked me to sketch on the board what I did. Then asked me one more little question about "SetAll" in O(1), It was an easy (and tricky) question but didn't know the solution, so he tried to help me but I failed. After 90 minutes the interview was ended.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Serialization/Deserialization of a Binary Tree,
Data structure to set all values in O(1)
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
The interview was a long process. There was first the recruiter screen, which was followed by a 4-loop interview structure that covered technical, behavioral, and system design. The interviewers were very kind and accommodating.
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