I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (Praag)
Interview
I had one 30 minues screening interview and in couple of days I got an email with invitation to a full interview day. An interview day is 4 interviews in one day, each 1 hour long, with 30 minutes breaks after each. First part of each interview was about introduction where I was asked to describe some important or critical functionallity I developed for my past project. On first 3 interviews there was not difficult coding challange where I needed to talk to interviewers and clearify details. The last interview was about system design, again, nothing super difficult, I designed an API with user sessions handled by many machines. Pleasant experience overall and all interviewers were quite friendly.
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.
45 mins technical interview with a member of their San fran team. Very relaxed and informal but questions were focused and lots of follow ups. Easy to schedule as was over video conferencing platform
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.