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      Senior Software Engineer Interview

      31 Jan 2019
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Tel Aviv-Yafo
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Tel Aviv-Yafo) in Jan 2019

      Interview

      I interviewed twice for different positions at Microsoft Israel for the role Senior Software Engineer. The first interview was onsite, I was asked different algorithm questions which I successfully answered. The interview was around 2 hours and 4 questions was asked. I answered all the questions very fast and wrote the code on the whiteboard. I was told that I passed the interview and the recruiter called to schedule the next one. She said she has to check available hours and will call later. The next time she called, I was told that they chose another candidate. The second attempt was also onsite. Instead of algorithm questions, I was asked very low-level type of questions. The question was more related to an Embedded Software Engineer position. Like implement alloc and free. None of the questions required to write any code and the overall experience of the interview was quite chaotic. The interviewer jumped from topic to topic. With only one hint on one question I answered all the questions and was told that I passed the interview. I was told that I have to do a programming assignment at home. They gave me a very short period of time (only 24 hours) for that. I did the assignment on time and sent it. There was no answer from Microsoft for around a week, and after a question about a small update, I got an email says that they chose another candidate. I was expecting they would at least call me and let me know why the assignment was not good enough.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Easy-Medium questions from LeetCode
      Answer question

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      Senior Software Engineer Interview

      30 May 2026
      Anonymous interview candidate
      San Jose, CA
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Microsoft (San Jose, CA)

      Interview

      Started with a recruiter phone call and a 30 minute phone call with the hiring manager to negotiate a remote role since the job was based in Seattle and the manager agreed. Following up with five rounds of virtual on site. Four of them are coding/design. One of them is behavioral mostly leetcode medium level questions which I finished and I was able to do all the follow up and answer the design and time complexity questions correctly after the interview got ghosted for a whole month and got an automatic rejection email.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Leet code medium level questions. DFS, BFS, sliding windows and greedy algorithm. Follow up, asking some design questions and the time complexity of the code.
      Answer question

      Sr. Software Engineer Interview

      16 Apr 2026
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Los Angeles, CA
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Microsoft (Los Angeles, CA)

      Interview

      Round - Screening with hiring manager. Discussed about projects and 1 DSA (Med] Loop Rounds: Round 1 - DSA (Med) + projects discussion Round 2 - DSA (Hard) + Behavioral Round 3 - LLD + Behavioral Round 4 - LLD + Behavioral

      Software Engineer Senior Interview

      8 Apr 2026
      Anonymous interview candidate
      McLean, VA
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Microsoft (McLean, VA)

      Interview

      Phone interview with hiring manager for 45 minutes primarily a tech interview. Focused on questions directly related to tech stack. Come prepared knowing design questions and how those conversations go.

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