SDE 2 at Microsoft
- Difficulty
- Process took
- 2-3 Weeks
- Rounds
- 3
- Format
- Remote
- Applied via
- Company Website
How it went
- Behavioral rounds are easier if you can tell your story naturally and highlight ownership, problem-solving, and impact
What they would tell you
- Behavioral rounds are easier if you can tell your story naturally and highlight ownership, problem-solving, and impact
How to prepare
- Practice DSA, but also practice explaining your thinking
Their background
I recently went through the interview process, and here’s how it went
Round by round
- 1
DSA Round60 min
The first round pretty chill Interviewer asked me about my projects and past work and we had a small discussion on MongoDB vs PostgreSQL Then came the DSA problems
- 2
LLD60 min
This round was all about designing a Cache System, like an LRU Cache. I had to make sure it could Store recently used data Evict the least-recently used items when full and discussed which data structures to use for efficiency, and I explained the combination of HashMap + Doubly Linked List to make operations fast
- 3
Hiring Manager Round60 min
Some behavioral questions, why I want to leave my current company, my journey so far, and my experiences, pretty standard stuff
What came up
A candidate-reported account, lightly edited. Interview processes change by team and date.
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