I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Microsoft (Hyderabad) in Apr 2024
Interview
Process takes place in a single day with all major rounds, also the HR communication is not what you would expect of a big tech company. First you will receive invite for 2 rounds then if the feedback is positive then they will move forward with other rounds. I found the recuiter experience can be improved, by providing constant feedback, instead of just ghosting the candidates with no feedback.
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