Microsoft New Grad SDE Interview in a Week - US

Hey everyone, I have my final round for the Microsoft New Grad SDE position coming up next week on

Sept 12th. My recruiter said to expect 3 x 45-minute interviews with a mix of technical and b

Hey everyone, I have my final round for the Microsoft New Grad SDE position coming up next week on

Sept 12th. My recruiter said to expect 3 x 45-minute interviews with a mix of technical and behavioral questions. For anyone who has been through this loop recently, could you share some insight? *

Difficulty: What was the difficulty of the technical problems like (LC Easy/Medium/Hard)? *

Behavioral: Are the behavioral questions pretty standard (and suitable for STAR format)? *

System Design: My biggest question is whether I should expect any

LLD or HLD questions for a new grad role. Did you get any? Appreciate any help! For anyone interested, my timeline was: * Applied

Aug 12th * OA

Aug 15th * Final Round Invite

Sept 2nd ---

EDIT: Offer Received! First, a huge thank you to everyone in this community for the advice and support! I'm excited to update that I received an offer and have accepted it! Here’s the final part of my timeline for anyone interested: * Final Round Interview:

Sept 12th * Verbal Offer Received:

Sept 15th * Official Offer Letter:

Sept 19th A quick summary of the interview experience: * 1st Round (Behavioral): Standard STAR method questions. My project and Work Experience stories worked perfectly here. * 2nd Round (Technical): The questions were LeetCode Mediums. The interviewer focused on my thought process and communication. * 3rd Round (System Design): I was surprised to get a

High-Level Design (HLD) question instead of LLD. We also spent a significant part of this round doing a deep technical dive into the GenAI projects on my resume. I'll be joining the Atlanta, GA office. If anyone else is joining in Atlanta, feel free to comment or DM me. It would be great to connect! Thanks again, everyone, and good luck with your interviews!