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Principal Engineer Interview Experience - India

May 22, 2021
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The interview happened on MS Teams, which is a very poor tool. The macOS app never starts up, and the browser client is very, very bad. In one interview, there were continuous dropouts and voice issues which took up 10-15 minutes of my interview time and created a lot of misunderstanding between both parties.

Interviewers were, with no other word, egoistic. A few articulated clearly and could communicate properly, but most had very bad communication skills. One even kept giving feedback during the interview, which derailed me a lot (and some unwelcome comments too). Common among all was the ego factor. This is unlike other US-based companies I have been interviewing with. In contrast, others do not give feedback; even if you are having the worst interview possible, they will hold their emotions to themselves. Microsoft was very disappointing.

There was no feedback asked, so this goes to Glassdoor.

Questions

  • Find next larger number having same digits as given number
  • LRU cache
  • Notification system
  • Base view of graph
  • Find in sorted 2D matrix

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 3 interview experiences for the Microsoft Principal Engineer role in India.

Success Rate

33%
Pass Rate

Microsoft's interview process for their Principal Engineer roles in India is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive33%
Neutral33%
Negative33%

Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Microsoft's Principal Engineer interview process in India.

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