Status: Final Year Student, B. Tech in Information Technology
Position: Associate Consultant at Microsoft
Location: Hyderabad, India
Date: December 15, 2021

This was an Off-Campus opportunity. There was no online coding test, they directly shortlisted candidates for interviews based on the resume.

I did not apply for the role directly. I applied for Microsoft Engage program Full Time opportunity with referral. Unfortunately, they did not even shortlist me for Online Assessment.

Some weeks later, I received a mail from Microsoft University team asking if I'm interested for Associate Consultant role. I applied and was called for interviews.

Round 1: Technical Interview (45 min)

• Tell me about yourself.
• Half an hour discussion over all past internships & projects.
• What is polymorphism
• Difference between Compile Time & Run Time polymorphism
• Coding question - Binary Search
• What are virtual functions in C++
• What is inheritance
• Types of inheritance
• What is the use of extend in C++.
• Tell me about any interesting problem where you used Inheritance in your projects.
• Which programming language do you like the most & why? Since I had worked with C++ as well as JavaScript.

Round 2: HM Interview (1 hour)

• Started with a brief discussion about me, my interests and why I wanted to join Microsoft.
• Detailed discussion over past internships & projects.
• How do you manage doing projects & internships with your college studies
• Tell me about your programming journey, how you got started
• Which subject you liked the most?
• Why I used a particular tech stack like ReactJS instead of Angular.
• What is your dream company
• Tell me any product of Microsoft, which you don't like.
• How do you cope up with failure

Round 3: Final AA Interview (10 min)

• Brief introduction
• Choose and explain any project which was most challenging and why it was challenging

Result: Selected.
Was offered an Internship + Full time role.