Microsoft Applied Scientist interview experience

I had a screening interview that covered basic machine learning topics like variance and bias and dropout, plus a simple LeetCode-style question around easy and medium. The big part wasn’t writing code—it was explaining how I would execute and reason through ideas, including walking through a project from my resume in detail.

After that, the remaining loop was five rounds total. It blended two coding-oriented interviews with two rounds of ML fundamentals and discussion, and then ended with a final conversation with the hiring manager. The timeline felt unusually quick, and the decision