I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Microsoft (Bloomington, IN) in Sep 2012
Interview
There was a career fair at my university ( Indiana University). I just dropped my resume and after a few weeks received an email saying that they would like to interview me.
I was asked general questions in the interview like which Microsoft Technology would I like to work on and why ?
It was a short 20 minute interview, covering mostly general question and 1 programming question
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Write a program to implement the Integer.parseInt() function.
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.