I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Dublin, Dublin) in Mar 2022
Interview
3 Technical interviews on same day. 45bmins each with 15 mins of break.
1. Behavioral, coding, technical questions
2. System design, technical questions, Behavioral
3. Technical discussion, Behavioral
It was virtual interview. Interviewers were nice and friendly.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Technical Question
1. 3D matrix graph problem - codility
2. Implement load balancer - codility
3. Write code structure for wending machine. Design pattern focused. Implementation was not expected.
4. Hashmap, Graph and Tree technical questions
Online interview round.
There would be 4 interview rounds total. Each one evaluate various skills about you. They will give you hints as well at time required, you need to capture those and rethink on your solution.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design worker thread library where each task will be executed in parallel. Design a system to handle a huge workload.
HR screening, one technical interview with the hiring manager then three interview loop which covered two system design and one dsa round.
System design was intensive and challenging.
It took them 5 weeks to come back with an offer. Background check was completed in a week, got joining date after 3 days.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design a system for a startup company that let users post various types of content and get a unique url which can be shared with others to access the content