Microsoft Machine Learning Engineer Interview Questions
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I have an upcoming 30 min Phone Screen with Microsoft. I have some reasons to believe this is interview is not with a recruiter but with a team manager. Applied to ML/SWE II role as a recent grad with
I analyzed 11k available dev jobs to find out what skills employers are looking for right now
A couple of months ago I created a site for the Bolt Hackathon, users could input any career page or job aggregator and I’d scrape and notify them via email if a page or search they saved posted a new
No Leetcode questions asked in 5 companies I interviewed at for Research Scientist role
I'm a recent PhD graduate and I have been interviewing for Research Scientist roles at FAANG and other big tech places like Adobe, Microsoft etc. Specifically I interviewed for GenAI roles for vision
Microsoft Update Call After Loop - Offer or Reject?
I finished the loop for a Senior Applied Scientist role at Microsoft AI almost a month ago. The recruiter reached out today, asking to set up an update call tomorrow for 30 min. Is this good or bad? I
This post was last edited by Anonymous on 2025-10-08 12:14 Interview: HM (Host) discussed background, roughly designed a recommendation system and a simple rag system, converting user input into Kusto
Hey Guys, after almost a year of job hunting, I finally got an offer from Microsoft for a Software Engineer – AI/ML role (IC2), Location: USA. Sharing my interview experience and process timelines for
yoe: 3 as research sceintist in ML + NLP + IR Applied with referral on careers website. Got an email from a recruiter for an initial phone screen with a team...
Microsoft | 59 | Sunnyvale | Nov 2019 [Offer]
I had an onsite on Nov 8 in Sunnyvale office. It was a fun experience. I had total 4 rounds and lunch: Round 1: I was asked about my projects and...
Microsoft MAIDAP (AI Development Acceleration Program) Applied Scientist Interview Experience + Timeline Question
So I gave my MAIDAP Applied Scientist Screening interview this Wednesday. Structure was pretty straightforward: * One question about my resume and GenAI experience * One system design question * One M
Hi everybody! I'm curious to know the experience of alumni from the MAIDAP program. A couple of questions- * How was the overall experience? * If given a chance would you still choose this program or
Microsoft MLE process
I just got an OA for an MLE role at Microsoft. On surface level searching, I couldn't find any information on what to expect from the OA/interviews/process. I didn't even know Microsoft had MLE roles
Rejected after Microsoft Applied Scientist IC2 final loop – would appreciate insights on what might’ve gone wrong
Hi everyone, I recently interviewed for the Applied Scientist IC2 role at Microsoft (Teams group) and received a rejection after the final loop. I’m trying to understand where things might’ve fallen s
Microsoft Interview Experience for Machine Learning Internship
Microsoft Interview Experience for Machine Learning Internship \u2013 2020 (On Campus) Round 1 (Written) : 62 mcq questions in 1 hour. The level of paper was tough. Only 7 were shortlisted. The...
Microsoft Phone screen | ML engineer [Reject]
I interned at microsoft research last summer, wanted to move to a product team because my team didn\'t have researcher openings. Phone 1: Q1- Talk about your internship project Q2 - Given an...
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