Microsoft Data Scientist interview experience

I went through three rounds where technical and HR aspects were mixed together, and the questions were mostly about ML fundamentals, SQL queries, and discussion of my project details. The way they ran it, there wasn’t an explicit, published explanation of shortlisting criteria, but they consistently asked what I’d done and what problems I’d faced.

In terms of structure, the rounds were built around conversation rather than long continuous coding. I got pulled into explaining the context and the reasoning behind my choices, and they checked my grounding in concepts like how ML ideas translate