Microsoft Data Scientist interview experience

I walked into an interview focused on object tracking, and it quickly became clear they wanted more than just a final answer.

They asked me to work through pseudo code, then to communicate my thought process as I went. There were follow-up questions that pushed into edge cases and complications, and I had to keep adjusting as the interview progressed. What stood out was how “mostly straightforward” it felt in the sense that the direction was clear, even though they kept probing deeper with additional constraints.

Overall, it didn’t feel like a vague discussion interview—it was structured