Microsoft

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.

Had an initial interview with a recruiter. Then had a tech screen (phone interview), followed by an on-site interview with 3 engineering leads, and finally an interview with the manager. This happened on Friday, and I received the offer on the foll

I applied via the employee referral process. After a phone call with the Dev Lead, I managed to fly to Redmond. It was a three-round interview loop in one day, and on the second day, I received an offer.