Microsoft Senior Software Developer interview questions
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I applied through a recruiter. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (San José, ) in Feb 2022
Interview
The worst interviewing process, they contact me in LinkedIn, I respond that I was interested, they reply me with 10 questions on my inbox, so I answered them and later on the week they send me an invitation for the OTS (Online Technical Screening). I show up 5 minutes early and no one attended the meeting. I wait for an hour, and sent a couple of mails, and nothing happened. One week later they show up tellingbme that the position was closed for LATAM, that he could transfer me to a job position in other team that could hire someone from LATAM, and that he would send me the OTS next day. I'm still waiting, I sent emails but no response, a complete waste of time and the discouragement of being stood up
Interview questions [10]
Question 1
How many years of working experience do you have in Software Development?
What are your desired salary expectations (In your local currency)? (please detail gross monthly/annual Base Salary, variable compensation, bonuses, benefits package, etc.)
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Tel Aviv)
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- codelity questions: fix a binary search, write a simple crud app with dropwizard (2 hours)
- homework: write text classification CLI app given your input is path to scan on file system, json classification rules.
- 3 interviews one after another with 15 min break between each. 1 about the homework, 2 about stuff you did, 3 design interview.
- AA interview: talking about your entire past
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
- wanted to know why I left any company I worked for
- tell us about what *we* do in MDA (wtf??)
- tell me about a conflict in your job
- tell me of something you are proud of
- does it scare you to start in a new place?
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (Omaha, NE) in Jan 2022
Interview
Total process was about 2 months, little long for my taste. Applied and was sent online assessment and cleared to virtual interviews. 4 rounds of interviews with various hiring managers.