Microsoft Software Development Engineer interview questions
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I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft (Los Angeles, CA) in Oct 2020
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Generally, very smooth interview process with lots of behavioral questions instead of technical ones. Seems like they care more about people than skills. Highly recommended to anyone who are interested in joining the company. Basic programming skill required
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Microsoft (Seattle, WA) in Sep 2020
Interview
Not difficult, Basic leetcode questions involving trees and mostly string manipulation. No offer most likely because my behavioral answers were abmyssal and i need to work on them, just basic questions which i was not prepared for at all.
1. Submit application
2. Take phone interview
3. On site interview (5 rounds)
(1) Reverse Words in a String
(2) Intersection of Two Linked Lists: Write a program to find the node at which the intersection of two singly linked lists begins.
(3) OOD
(4) chatting app
(5) forget
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Question 1
LC questions + System design question(chatting system)