I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Microsoft (Kuala Lumpur) in Jan 2023
Interview
Initial Screening
Selected candidates will participate in a 30-minute phone screening with a recruiter. This conversation will focus on the candidate's background, technical skills, and interest in the position.
Technical Assessment
Candidates who pass the initial screening will be given a technical assessment. This may involve coding challenges or a take-home assignment designed to evaluate problem-solving skills and technical proficiency.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Programming and Coding:
Can you explain the differences between object-oriented and functional programming? Provide examples of when you might use each.
Write a function to reverse a linked list. Can you discuss the time and space complexity of your solution?
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