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      Software Engineer Interview

      1 Oct 2022
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Microsoft in Mar 2022

      Interview

      I received an email that I have been selected to proceed with interview and someone will contact me. After a couple of weeks I sent a reminder and someone called me to fix the date. I proposed a couple of dates and they said they will verify with the interviewers. The dates I proposed were close but I had no news so I sent a reminder. Then they called again for me to propose new dates. This time they verified within a couple of days. During interviews, the questions were almost all on a technology I had already informed then that I am a starter, so I could not answer most of them.. I had 3 separate interviews and in all 3 they asked the exact same questions rephrased, on the technology I didn' t know. The interviews were in the same day so no time to study in between. One of the interviewers asked a general cs relatted question which I answered correctly immediately, but he kept challenging me for a different answer because as he said he expected a wrong answer and then guide me to the correct one (??) Then it took them a few weeks to reply back that I dont match with the position.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      .NET related mostly. And a couple of general questions related to CS problems.
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      Software Engineer I Interview

      20 June 2026
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Melbourne
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft (Melbourne)

      Interview

      After submitting an online application, I received a HackerRank assessment after passing the resume screening stage, then I was rejected after completing the assessment and did not proceed to further interview rounds.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      The assessment consisted of two LeetCode-medium-level coding questions to be completed within 75 minutes.
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      Software Developer Interview

      24 June 2026
      Anonymous interview candidate
      San Francisco, CA
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Microsoft (San Francisco, CA)

      Interview

      45 mins technical interview with a member of their San fran team. Very relaxed and informal but questions were focused and lots of follow ups. Easy to schedule as was over video conferencing platform

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Questions surrounding Markov chains etc
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      Software Engineer Interview

      15 June 2026
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Seattle, WA
      Declined offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Microsoft (Seattle, WA)

      Interview

      Straightforward technical loop overall, with strong interviewers at every stage. I genuinely enjoyed the in-depth conversations around technical challenges and algorithmic problem-solving — the entire process felt well-structured and genuinely engaging.

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      Question 1

      LRU Cache System Design LLD
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