Microsoft

The interviewers were very courteous and genuinely interested in me. There were five interview rounds scheduled for me, with a 10-minute gap between them. They also provided a person to accompany me for lunch, and it was a wonderful experience.

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

I applied through an employee referral. The process took two weeks. There were four different code screens. They were primarily DSA with some system design. All were relatively straightforward with twists. I wasn't expected to complete the entire pr