Microsoft·Data Scientist

Microsoft Data Scientist interview experience

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HyderābādPosted Mar 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My off-campus Data Science interview process moved on a fairly clear timeline after I applied through a portal.

I applied in late 2024, got an interview loop invite by email, and then the interviews themselves happened about a couple weeks later. The focus felt strongly on data science concepts—ML and DL basics, plus statistics—along with questions about my projects.

What stood out was how much time they spent digging into the mathematical side of ML and DL algorithms. I had to talk through deeper aspects rather than staying at a high-level description, and I remember one very basic DSA question about strings showing up too, which felt like a small contrast to the conceptual intensity. The overall

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