Microsoft

The interview process included: * An initial phone screen with a hiring manager. * An at-home coding skills assessment that lasted about 90 minutes. * A virtual onsite interview that was about 5 hours. * One or two short follow-up chats with

I applied through an employee referral. - During the full loop, along with LeetCode problems, the focus was more on system design and non-functional requirements in design. - Low-level as well as high-level system design questions were asked.

A recruiter contacted me around mid-September. I then had a 5-round onsite interview, plus an additional General Hiring Manager interview a week ago. After that, the recruiter disappeared without providing any update. I will treat this as a reject