Microsoft Sr Software Engineer interview questions
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I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Microsoft (Melbourne) in Mar 2024
Interview
I was rejected at the screening stage.
The first round takes approximately one hour.
10 mins introduction, then 1 hr Codility test with two problems.
I am asked to explain my code and write unit tests for them.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
First one was fairly simple (find the common numbers from two arrays with O(M+N) complexity).
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.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The question was related to using builder design pattern.