Applied Online
Hiring Manager reached out and scheduled a call
I was late in scheduling the call. (should have done it sooner)
They hired someone before my interviews were completed.
Domande di colloquio [1]
Domanda 1
Before he started asking the question, I asked that in the current market you'd be flooded with resumes. What made you pick me?
He was unprepared to answer that but then he talked about what he liked in my resume and how it aligns to what they are looking for.
1) Describe your current role?
2) Tell me a situation when you had a disagreement with the management but you were able to convince them
3) Talk about a situation when the outcome of an experiment surprised you.
4) There was one more that I dont remember now..
Feeling thrilled to have accepted the offer, I look back on this interview process as both challenging and rewarding. It began with a technical round where I tackled a complex A/B testing design question, followed by a SQL query on user retention. The final stages included a system design discussion that had me sweating, but honestly, the system design section on PracHub prepared me well. Each step pushed my limits, but the culmination was definitely worth it, landing me a role at Microsoft.
Domande di colloquio [2]
Domanda 1
Design an A/B test to measure the impact of a new ranking change in Bing, and explain how you would handle network interference between treatment and control users.
Write a SQL query that computes 7-day rolling user retention from a daily events table, then flags cohorts whose week-over-week retention dropped more than 10%.
Phone screen with HR/recruiter. Less than 10 mins. Very basic mostly about role fit and my background and resume. Did not hear back from them at all. Very unenthusiastic during the call
Ho presentato la mia candidatura online. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Microsoft (Hyderabad) nel mese di feb 2026
Colloquio
Overall 3 rounds with 2 technical and 1 managerial. The 1st round was DS and ML heavy with some analytics. The 2 nd round was resume, SQL and causal /AB experimentation. The managerial round was resume related and some behavioural questions.