The application was submitted through campus placements for the India Development Center (MS-IDC).
The recruitment process began with an online test that included aptitude questions on C and three programming questions.
Shortlisted candidates were then interviewed in three rounds, with eliminations after each round.
The CV also played an important role, and the projects and publications impressed the interviewer.
I don't remember the questions much, but one of them was, "Write an iterator to traverse a tree."
The interviewer later asked me to write the complete code, defining all the data structures as well, on a piece of paper. It wasn't the most difficult question, but it was quite tiring.
The following metrics were computed from 141 interview experiences for the Microsoft Software Development Engineer role in India.
Microsoft's interview process for their Software Development Engineer roles in India is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Microsoft's Software Development Engineer interview process in India.