I applied through university. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Microsoft in Aug 2023
Interview
A online assessment consisting of 2 problems, followed by 2 interviews. Interviews revolved around problem solving and DSA along with some Operating Systems and HR at the end. A little bit of c++ fundamentals.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
General c++ fundamentals, byte stream serialization of a linked list data structure, Design a custom ad-picker given an array of probabilities of each add occurring.
I applied through their website with a referral, after a month or so they sent me a home exam, I think about a month after that i had 3 interviews in the same day, each one around 1:15 hours.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
implement a dictionary where you have set,get and setAll, all in O(1)
The hiring process consists of a HackerRank home exam, followed by three technical interviews covering LeetCode-style problems and system architecture. Once this is done, you will have a final HR interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I had a technical interview where I was asked to solve the classic 'Climbing Stairs' problem (LeetCode #70), which is a dynamic programming question based on the Fibonacci sequence.
I interviewed at Microsoft (Cairo, Cairo Governorate)
Interview
One HR interview, then two problem-solving interviews (beginer level) on HackerRank. You can choose the best programming language for you to use in solving problems. You should think out loud to enable your interviewer to understand how you would think to solve the problem.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Find the lowest difference between two numbers in a list