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Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience - Seattle, Washington

September 22, 2025
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The process is very straightforward.

HR reaches out, schedules a call, and an interview.

The initial interviews involve general experience-related questions and easy to medium LeetCode problems. The final rounds include semi-hard problems.

The first round was with two different people at different times.

The final round was long and involved three to four different people, each asking a medium to hard problem.

Questions

The "island type" problem was the hardest one.

Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 19 interview experiences for the Microsoft Senior Software Engineer role in Seattle, Washington.

Success Rate

32%
Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive53%
Neutral11%
Negative37%

Candidates reported having good feelings for Microsoft's Senior Software Engineer interview process in Seattle, Washington.