I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Hyderabad) in Dec 2023
Interview
Interview process was fairly challenging. But, with a little practice I feel you can clear it. Have strong projects listed on resume and have a good system design knowledge. DSA asked is mostly easy-medium level.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How did you ensure that your application was resilient, list all practices to improve performance.
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