I attended two days of on-site interviews for two different groups. The first day's interview went very well. The second day was okay (I did not get an offer from this team, which was very obvious).

The very first thing I want to mention about the Microsoft interview process is that all the employees who interviewed me were very down-to-earth. Almost at all times, they were either trying to help me or asking straightforward questions. There was no showing off of their knowledge. I felt very relieved compared to my previous experiences at other companies like Google and Amazon.

All the interviewers were very friendly; they did not make any unusual facial expressions or anything like that, which made me feel that this is the place I should be working at.

During the on-site interviews, the candidate is typically scheduled for three 1:1 interviews. If the candidate is good enough, more interviews will be conducted, and finally, you will meet the hiring manager.

All the questions I was asked were data structure-related problem-solving questions and simple test cases. Writing code on a whiteboard is tough for anyone, but practice makes perfect. They are no longer asking any puzzles.

How do you test the strcpy library function in C?

Sort given strings.