Microsoft Data Engineer Interview Questions
12+ Microsoft Data Engineer interview questions drawn from real candidate reports. Sources include 1Point3Acres, Blind, Glassdoor, Reddit, and LeetCode. Questions span every stage of the Microsoft Data Engineer loop: OA, phone screen, system design, behavioral, and onsite coding.
What to Expect in the Microsoft Data Engineer Interview
The Microsoft Data Engineer interview process typically runs 4 to 6 rounds depending on seniority level. Based on candidate reports in the LeakCode database, the loop usually includes a resume review, an online assessment or coding phone screen, one or more technical rounds, a system design round (for senior and above), and a behavioral or values round.
Difficulty skews toward medium and hard LeetCode-style problems in the coding rounds. System design questions test breadth (component selection, scaling, trade-off reasoning) more than deep implementation. Behavioral questions are tied to the company's stated values and principles.
Microsoft Data Engineer Questions (Sample)
Microsoft Interview Experience For Data Platform Team (4+ Year Exp.)
Round 1: Question-1 : Reverse Linklist (Using both method recursive as well iterative in O(n) time.)Question-2 : Resolve an compile dependency.Round 2:Question-1 : Given a...
Microsoft Senior Software Engineer Declined Downlevel Offer | Australia | Azure
Round 1: Face to face interview (DSA + behaviour) Course schedule (topological sort) - completed within 20 mins The rest was just chit chat about my current role Round 2: Face to...
Intuit SDE 2 Interview Experience
Had interview in May 2024 (Online Coding Assessment) \u2014 90 mins There were 5 MCQ questions and 1 DSA problem. The MCQs were based on following topics - Class, interface question Design Pattern REST API...
Microsoft Senior SWE Interview Experience (with offer)
Here's a detailed breakdown of my recent interview experience with Microsoft. I hope it helps anyone preparing for a similar set of interviews! * **Microsoft Role:** Senior Software Engineer (Azure) *
Microsoft || Senior Software Engineer || Bangalore || January 2022 [Offer]
Previous Experience Status: ~6 Years Experience Position: Software Engineer at PhonePe Location: Bangalore, Karnataka Date: November 2021 Context: I received a referral from one of the senior managers I had worked with in my previous...
Microsoft | L60| Bangalore | Jan-2022
Status: 2.5 yrs of work ex Position: Sde 3 at renowned company. The first round was a codility test comprising of 3 questions.(Medium-Hard LC Questions) I got a call from the recruiter to...
Microsoft | L61 | Bangalore | Feb 2022
YOE: 3 .6 years Current Org: Fintech Online Assessment: Codility Test with 2 questions to be done in 1 and a half hour time. \tDon\'t remember the exact descriptions but they were slightly as...
Microsoft | Sr SDE | Bangalore | Mar 2022
Online Codility Test (1 hour): Q1: Similar to https://leetcode.com/problems/maximum-sum-of-two-non-overlapping-subarrays/ Q2: Similar to https://leetcode.com/problems/distribute-coins-in-binary-tree/ **Coding, Problem Solving(1 hour) Q1: Don\'t remember but it was LC medium, required prefix-sum Q2: Similar to https://leetcode.com/problems/number-of-islands/ Q3: https://leetcode.com/problems/implement-queue-using-stacks/ ``` Focus on...
LiveSpace | SDE-1 | Virtual | March - 2022 | Dropped
Status: 2020 Grad , Normal Private College (Tier 3/4) Company at that time : Infosys (Specialist Programmer) Position they offer: SDE-1 Location: Banglore , India Date: March 2022 Applied Thorugh : Got Recruiter details from...
Interview Experience at Microsoft | Software Engineer II | Hyderabad | October 2021 Offer
Round 1 : Codility Test (1 Hour) \tReceived a test invitation via an email, was asked to complete the test within 2 days. It was having 2 medium level DS questions....
Microsoft | L60 | Redmond | February 2020 [Offer]
Status: MS in CS Position: L60 Software Engineer at Microsoft Location: Redmond, WA Date: February 21, 2020 Online Assesment: 1. Debug Question 2. Coding Question (String Operations) 3. Coding Question (Array Operations) On-site rounds: 1. Round 1: One Behavioural...
Microsoft | 3 YOE | Hyd IDC | Aug 2020 [Reject]
All rounds were held virtually on Teams and Codality 1) Round 1(60 mins): Brief Introduction (10 mins) Compare if two stacks are identical or not in a) O(n) space...
Difficulty Breakdown
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medium
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hard
Based on 12 questions with difficulty labels from candidate reports.
Interview Rounds
Here is how the Microsoft Data Engineer questions in the LeakCode database break down by interview round, based on what candidates reported:
| Round | Questions in Database |
|---|---|
| phone screen | 5 |
| oa | 5 |
| system design | 1 |
| recruiter | 1 |
Most Common Topics
Question Recency
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2024
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2023
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2022
Question counts by interview year, based on candidate-reported dates.
How to Prepare for the Microsoft Data Engineer Interview
Use the LeakCode question database as your primary research tool. Filter by role (Data Engineer), then by round type to focus your prep on the specific stages in your upcoming loop. Sort by recency to see what 2026 candidates actually faced.
- Start with questions from the last 12 months. Interview processes change and recent data is the strongest signal.
- Cross-reference questions that appear in multiple sources (1p3a, Blind, Glassdoor). Multi-source confirmation means a question has stronger recurrence probability.
- For system design rounds: focus on the question patterns, not individual questions. The same design principles recur across many prompts.
- For behavioral rounds: map your experiences to the company's stated values before the interview. Most behavioral questions at top companies are derivatives of a small set of core leadership competencies.
FAQ
How many Microsoft Data Engineer questions are in the database?
12+ questions from verified candidate reports. The count grows as new reports are scraped daily from 1Point3Acres, Blind, Glassdoor, Reddit, and LeetCode.
Are these questions from real Microsoft interviews?
Yes. All questions are sourced from actual candidate interview reports, not generated by AI. Each entry links back to its source URL where available, and questions are tagged with the year and round reported by the candidate.
How current is this data?
LeakCode updates daily. The database is filtered to exclude duplicate and low-quality entries. You can filter by interview year to focus on recent cycles.
Does LeakCode cover Microsoft OA questions specifically?
Yes. The database includes online assessment questions tagged with round type. See the Microsoft OA page for a dedicated view.
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