Microsoft

I had five interviews: four technical and one cultural. Each interview was one hour long and conducted one after the other. At least one of the questions was way over my head, but I felt no shame in asking questions and admitting what I didn’t know.

They start with a technical screen. If you pass, they set up a panel of four interview loops. This is usually one day with back-to-back sessions. The recruiter should follow up afterwards.

The first round was a Codility test with two questions ranging from medium to high coding skills. After clearing the Codility test, two coding interviews were conducted virtually through MS Teams. Then, four technical screening and culture fitment