I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft in Dec 2024
Interview
Applied through a referral and the Microsoft careers page. Shortlisted for the next stage, followed by a structured interview process. The process typically includes an initial screening, technical interviews (coding, problem-solving, and system design), and behavioral rounds to assess skills, experience, and cultural fit.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. How would you find the longest increasing subsequence with diff 1
2. Can you write code to detect a cycle in a directed graph?
3. How would you design a URL shortening service like Bitly?
4. What's your approach to designing a scalable chat application?
5. Share an example of resolving a technical challenge effectively.
The interview process typically involves multiple stages designed to evaluate a candidate’s technical skills, problem-solving ability, and cultural fit. It may include an initial screening, technical assessments, and one or more rounds of interviews with team members and hiring managers.
Like other product-based companies, Microsoft also asks data structures and algorithms as part of their technical interview.
Standard FAANGM Interview process, CP questions, culture fit, etc.
Don't stop at understanding the position you’re interviewing for. You should understand what's happening in the tech industry, what Microsoft is doing well, and how we can make ourselves stand out from the competition.
Make sure to prepare questions to ask during your interview. This is also a chance for you to make sure that the opportunity is what you are looking for.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given a Binary Tree, The task is to connect all the adjacent nodes at the same level starting from the left-most node of that level, and ending at the right-most node using nextRight pointer by setting these pointers to point the next right for each node.
