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OA, Then Three Back-to-Back Rounds, Offer a Month Later

MicrosoftData Scientist · Intern · Onsite · Jan 2026

Timeline 10/13: HackerRank OA — one LeetCode problem and one data-processing problem 11/03: 3 rounds, back-to-back interviews 12/03: offer Background: Statistics PhD, resume roughly 80% LLM-related research, no conference publications at the time of the interview (a few projects were finished and submitted), no industry experience. Round 1: the interviewer was a senior guy. 30 minutes of behavior…

Shared by a candidate · reported Jan 2026. Interview formats change; use it as a guide, not a script.