Microsoft Software Engineer Senior interview questions
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Had an phone screen chat with an engineer on the team. Lasted an hour and had some tech questions and two coding questions (one in c++ and one in python). Seemed to go well and they said update me in a few days. Never heard back from them.
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Question 1
Given a set of strings, write a class that can tell if a given string is in the given set.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Microsoft (Ramat Gan) in Jul 2024
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3 back to back interviews via zoom:
1. Problem solving (leetcode like 2 questions).
2. Object oriented design
3. Architecture and system design
If pass that - another technical interview to define your level .
Very disappointed. One interviewer is from a different team (which replacing another interviewer), continuing ask questions from topics (which not very related to the position) I am not familiar with.
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One only ask some very advanced features from C++ and Python. Another two asks hardware, low low firmware, and OS related questions. From totally different area.