Microsoft

As an internal interview process, I had only 3 interviews to go through. When I joined as an SDE 15 years ago, it was quite different. They usually scheduled the first 3 interview loops. If all 3 interviews went well, it would then proceed to 2 more

The interview consists of 5 rounds. The first round is easy. The following three rounds increase in difficulty. If you are lucky, you may encounter a "hard mode" (HM) round. Sometimes, depending on the team, there might be 6 rounds.

The interview was easy. There were 5 rounds of interviews, including a final HR round. The initial offer was for a 100% hike, but the final offer made by them was for an SDET role, and I had applied for an SDE role. Therefore, I rejected the offer