I applied directly on the Microsoft site and hadn't heard any updates for two months. In fact, I thought I hadn't been selected to move forward after no response for two weeks, so I was a little surprised to receive updates.

The phone screening interview was scheduled within a week, and I received the update the same day that they would move me to the next step.

There were a total of four rounds of interviews in the virtual on-site step, which I had to schedule within two weeks after passing the screening round.

Three out of the four were technical rounds, covering:

• Data structure/algorithm
• JavaScript
• Front-end
• Web-server fundamentals and skills (I applied for the front-end role). The last round focused on behavioral questions and discussed my past working experiences. The interviewers were nice and friendly, making me feel comfortable so I could focus on the questions.

I received the results two days after the virtual on-site round, followed by offer negotiation, background checks, etc., which took around another week.

Besides the extremely long waiting time in the beginning, everything else moved fast and smoothly.

LeetCode-style coding questions

Front-end, JavaScript-related questions

Past experience and behavioral questions