Microsoft Sr. Software Engineer interview questions
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I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Microsoft (California City, CA)
Interview
The first round was a technical screening round. We have a good discussion over my resume and they asked technical questions related to that. Apart from that, I also have a short coding round for 10-15 mins.
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The question was related to using builder design pattern.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Jul 2021
Interview
There was an initial phone screen with a hiring manager, an at-home coding skills assessment that lasted about 90 minutes, a virtual onsite that was about 5 hours, and then one or two short follow-up chats with higher-level managers.
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Design a system for filtering dirty words from user names.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Microsoft (Dublino, Dublino)
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Initially had a call with recruiters asking me about my experience, availability and visa status. Then I got a link to Codility test with 2 questions of equal importance and then technical interview. 2 questions in codility test one related to dynamic programming and other related to arrays.