Microsoft·Applied Scientist

Microsoft Applied Scientist interview experience

No offer

Medium

Positive

Cambridge, EnglandPosted Apr 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I went through a loop that stretched across several days and followed a clear four-round structure.

The order started with a hiring manager conversation, then moved into a behavioral-questions-style round, followed by a coding round and a deeper technical interview. I remember being told I could negotiate with the recruiter to adjust the number of rounds as needed, but the core loop stayed the same.

What stood out most was that the coding round wasn’t classic LeetCode. It was framed more practically and with a research flavor, and the deep dive covered the basics of ML and deep learning, with some LLM material if it matched what I’d been working on. When it came time for my hiring manager

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