Microsoft Sr. Software Engineer interview questions
based on 307 ratings - Updated May 30, 2026
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I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Cupertino, CA)
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The overall interview process is fair. And the recruiter is nice and responsive. The team looks nice and the interview question is not too bad. I really enjoy the whole process. Nice job!
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Cambridge, MA) in Jun 2018
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I declined their offer because I would not want to work in this office. The interviewers were stone-faced and not interested in expanding their team. I even went to the bathroom between interviews and overheard two interviewers talking badly about another candidate there. This is very unprofessional and sets a bias against the candidate.
The interview process was an easy technical phone screen followed by an on-site interview. The on-site was four separate 45-min interviews with a 15-min break between. Three of the four were coding questions and the last was a conversation with the hiring manager.
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LeetCode type problems related to multi-threading.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Microsoft (Hyderabad) in Jun 2018
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first we need to wait for 2-3 hours to start the interview process . Some interviewes are really good and some dont understand the purpose of interview (he is looking for cutmarks in code written on paper)