Microsoft Software Engineer Phone Screen Questions
218+ questions from real Microsoft Software Engineer Phone Screen rounds, reported by candidates who interviewed there.
What does the Microsoft Phone Screen round test?
The Microsoft phone screen typically lasts 45-60 minutes and evaluates core Software Engineer fundamentals. Candidates should expect 1-2 algorithmic problems, basic system design discussion at senior levels, and questions about relevant experience. The goal is to confirm technical competence before bringing candidates onsite.
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What to expect in Microsoft Software Engineer II (IC3) Phone Screen round
Hey everyone, I have a 30-minute phone screen with Microsoft coming up and the invite only says “screening”. No other details given. People who’ve done this recently, what should I expect in this roun
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Microsoft | L62 | Brain cooked
Previous company : Another FAANG Location : India Reason for change : Bad team, bad culture Interview Process feedback: My interviews were expected to happen in Feb 2024 start but it took them 2...
Microsoft SSE Phone Screen Interview Experience and Rejected Outcome
Got approached by recruiter. I have 7 yoe. Did OA OA consisted of 2 problems. One was DP (Similar to jump game) and Another one was LC Hard (Similar to Reroot DP problems). 80% of the test cases passe
Microsoft IC2 Phone Screen Process
Hi folks, I have an upcoming 45 min assessment with a SSWE for a Microsoft IC2 position (Canada). My assumption is that it will be some portion of behavioral questions and a leetcode problem. I have b
MSFT IC2 phone screen next week, what to expect?
Anyone recently interviewed with them? How is your experience? Would appreciate any advice.
MSFT & Google Phone Screen in 15 Days (SWE2) – Need LeetCode + System Design Strategy (OPT crunch time)
Hi everyone, I have phone screening rounds coming up with Microsoft and Google (SWE2) in about 15 days. I’ve been doing LeetCode consistently for the past 3 months. I’m comfortable with most data stru
[Microsoft] Core AI SDE2 Engineering Manager Pre-screen Expectations?
Hey everyone, I have an upcoming initial prescreen with an EM for the Microsoft Core AI Org (SDE 2). Does anyone have recent experience with this specific org? Trying to figure out what I should expec
Microsoft AI Backend Developer Phone Interview Experience and Unique Tree-Based Coding Challenge
I interviewed a backend programmer for Copilot. It seemed like they poached him from another company. 60 minutes. The conversation with the guy went well. But when it came to the coding challenge, I g
Current Company -> AWS YOE -> 3 Applied via referral PreScreening Round -> Number of Island and a follow up regarding the area of island and some questions around concurrency, http ,...
Current: SDE-2 at FAANG Recruiter connected on LinkedIn and received interview invite. Round 1: DSA (1 Hour) \t1 Easy and 1 Medium Leetcode question on Bitwise manipulation and backtracking. Solved both optimally. \t Round 2:...
Interview experience | L60
Hi, I\'m currently working as a software engineer in an EDA domain company with 1+ years of experience. I had my first round at Microsoft for the SDE-1 position around 10 days...
Microsoft New Grad Interview
Completed my Microsoft loop today! What do you think my chances are? Also recruiter question Just finished my onsite loop today and wanted to get some outside perspective. All 3 rounds followed the sa
Interviewer joined 20 minuts late in first round. She said she had techincal issues. What the F*** ? What technical issues ? I sent an email to HR and asked...
Microsoft Hiring Event | SDE - 2 | Rejected
Last week went through full interview loop - had a good experience. Round 1: intro + 2 behavioural and some follow-up questions. 1 DS medium question, couldn\'t find it on leetcode. Round...
MICROSOFT GHOSTING
Ghosted by MICROSOFT- Is it common for MSFT recruiters to ghost you ? Any experiences of getting an offer even after getting ghosted? I have given my interview more than a...
Microsoft SDE Interview (Weird experience)
Current company: Walmart YOE: 3 # Round 1: project related follow-ups design a lift panel using classes and oops concept. # Round 2: Given an array of integers arr sorted in increasing order, find the begin...
I attended Microsoft Sde 2 Interview l 1st Week Of April Round 1 : DSA + Senario Based Question a. I was given a Stream of Inputs like a logger and have...
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...
Microsoft interview drive || Reject
Hi All, Sharing my interview experience for microsoft SDE 2 . Prev Experience - SDE 2 Amazon Round 1 - > She asked me longest substring without repeating chahracters . I missed some...
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