Microsoft Senior Software Engineer interview questions
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I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Microsoft in Jan 2023
Interview
Total 5 rounds of interview
1. Codility online platform
2. Problem solving DSA round
3. System Design round
4. Android round
5. Architecture and behavioral round (AA round)
If all the rounds are good then the 5 th As Appropriate round is taken by one of the hiring manager or skip level director
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
High level architecture design
Android concepts and architecture from start to end
Problem solving DSA questions
Mostly from strings and tree
Codility round - String , Diameter of binary tree
AA round- Design a Netflix movie suggestion carousel
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Microsoft in Mar 2024
Interview
The process was fairly disorganised. I applied in January, but only heard back late February. I found a job in the meantime, but accepted the HR call out of curiosity. The (external) rep didn't have that much info on that position and we decided on me asking for a follow-up after I settle into my new position a bit more. That decision was ignored as, about 2 weeks later, I got an e-mail asking to schedule for the 3 technical-ish interviews.
I was still curious what the position entailed, so we scheduled the interviews on 3 consecutive days. The first one went alright, I messed up the second one. The interviewers were pleasant and professional. However, the 3rd interviewer didn't show up. I gave up after waiting for about 20 minutes and sent an inquiry to the HR rep. I got an automated e-mail the next day that I had been rejected, but there was no feedback or anything. This level of disregard definitely left a sour taste in my mouth.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1) mock PR review (of a clearly terrible PR)
bunch of managerial communication-related questions
2) algo based question - basically binary search, but with gaps that should be used when inserting new values
time-management and task-blocking related questions
3) Dunno, the interviewer did not show up
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Microsoft in Feb 2024
Interview
A fullstack job focus on frontend architecture. Problems are rigid and basic. Many questions are about princeple of how React or Vue worked with virtual DOM or data flow. Algorithm Question is more like data structure promblem.