I applied in-person. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Bengaluru) in Oct 2018
Interview
The interview went smooth, there were 5 rounds, 2 technical and 3 F2F interviews, The difficulty level is moderate to high, be thorough with the concepts and you should be good to go
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given the arrival and departure time of trains, you have to find out the minimum number of platforms needed to accommodate all the trains in a day
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