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SDE 1 at Microsoft

Difficulty
Process took
2-3 Weeks
Rounds
4
Format
Remote
Applied via
Referral

How it went

  • Also don’t ignore easy problems in the screening test
  • During resume grilling, answer concisely and confidently Don’t over-explain but be precise

What they would tell you

  • Also don’t ignore easy problems in the screening test
  • During resume grilling, answer concisely and confidently Don’t over-explain but be precise

How to prepare

  • Arrays, Sliding Window, Monotonic stacks, Hashmaps, and Medium-Level Coding Problem

Round by round

  1. 1

    Screening Round60 min

    Platform- HackerRank

    • String (Easy)
    • Priority Queue (Medium) In screening round two problem from these topics
  2. 2

    Technical Interview60 min

    The interviewer asked questions about my past work, particularly focusing on the projects listed on my resume. I struggled a bit, as I wasn’t able to answer some of the follow-up questions After this, I was given a medium problem, Subarrays with K Different Integers which was a hard for me and I couldn’t come up with an optimal solution

  3. 3

    LLD60 min

    Design problem was given online bookstore

  4. 4

    HM Round60 min

    Normal behavioral test

    • Tight deadlines
    • Previous projects
    • Manage conflicts

What came up

MediumRemote1 2 years

A candidate-reported account, lightly edited. Interview processes change by team and date.

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