I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft (Belgrade) in Jan 2026
Interview
At first, I received an online algorithm task via hacker rank, one medium, one hard. Afterwards i had a quick chat with a recruiter.
After passing these, i was scheduled 4 back top back interviews lasting for 45 minutes with 15 minutes pause. On all of these, you start by talking about your previous experience and afterwards there are practical/techical questions.
The first one had OOP design, second was behavioral interview, third algorithm on HackerRank, the fourth was a system design.
The technical questions were not that hard at all, i failed because i expected them to be much harder and my brain found complexity when there was none
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would I design a scheduler service in distributed environment.
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