Has microsoft stopped hiring new grads for this year ? Or referral is my only hope ?
Referral only hope cuz it's very late in the process. Would be surprised if you managed to go through the process in time for the main campus. The smaller campuses might have different hiring cycles
Usually interviews are scheduled in fall and head count starts filling up from there. Probably easier earlier in fall. Later on hiring groups may be extra critical if they only have one or two heads left to fill.
Nope