Microsoft Software Development Engineer(SDE) interview questions
Updated 16 Apr 2026
based on 179 ratings
Difficulty
Average
Experience
Very positive
How others got an interview
53%
Campus recruiting
Campus recruiting
33%
Applied online
Applied online
7%
Employee referral
Employee referral
5%
Recruiter
Recruiter
1%
Other
Other
1%
In person
In person
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Software Development Engineer(SDE) applicants have rated the interview process at Microsoft with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 59.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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there was only one interviewer. online interview. during the interview, firstly self-introduction and introduce the team. and then behaviour questions were asked. and then leetcode question was asked. interviewer was nice
I had a recruiter phone screen followed by a coding assessment, which I cleared. The questions were manageable. The overall experience was smooth, the interviewer is friendly, and currently waiting for the final interview loop.
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one was a tree problem and the second was a BFS problem.
vancouver team hiring, one of microsoft365 team, interviewer all very friendly, 3 rounds back to back interview. add an additional around after one week, then put me in the waitlist.
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first round: hm calling, only bq and culture fit, 2 round: frontend question, a functional component discussion; 3 round: sd; additional round: leetcode