I'm a final year university student and I submitted my resume for Software Engineer I. I had an an on-campus interview in October 2018, followed by on-site interview in January 2018 at Redmond.
I interviewed with 4 people for 45 minutes each and the first three interviews were technical and behavioral questions. The last one was an as necessary interview where the manager tried to convince me to join Microsoft.
Interview questions were average difficulty for 4th year computing science major, but it's important to think through them and ask questions before writing the code. Behavioral questions were standard such as describing strengths and weaknesses, conflict with colleague, etc.
They put me in a nice hotel with a good rental car. Flight, meals, and parking was all paid for or reimbursed.
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 1
Convert a string to a number. For example, convert "10.53" to a float with value of 10.53.
Me postulé en línea. Acudí a una entrevista en Microsoft (Melbourne)
Entrevista
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.
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 1
The assessment consisted of two LeetCode-medium-level coding questions to be completed within 75 minutes.
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.
Me postulé a través de una recomendación de un empleado. Acudí a una entrevista en Microsoft (Bangalore Rural) en jun 2026
Entrevista
The interview was hard, even as a fresher the dsa they asked was hard category after I checked on leetcode. Though I couldn't solve it. Some of the other people who interviewed were asked easy - medium dsa