Microsoft·Applied Scientist

Microsoft Applied Scientist interview experience

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Cambridge, MAPosted Feb 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My process kicked off with a recruiter contact, then moved into a technical screen.

On the call, I went through a simple ML-focused LeetCode-style problem and a set of basic machine learning questions where the main emphasis was on explaining my thought process out loud—there wasn’t any coding required on my end.

After that, I had a full loop interview held in a single day. It was structured into three interviews, and each one blended technical questions with behavioral prompts. A lot of the technical portion revolved around the research projects I’d worked on previously, so my explanations and how I reasoned through them mattered almost as much as the content. Overall, it

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