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Software Engineer Interview Experience - United States

January 17, 2024
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I attended the hiring event.

There were four rounds: three technical interviews and one system design interview.

They asked behavioral questions for the first 20 minutes or so of each round, followed by the technical question.

It was a pretty standard and straightforward process.

Questions

These were not typical LeetCode questions. Instead, interviewers developed them themselves, drawing directly from their work.

There was even a graph and Excel involved, which proved very tricky. I found myself lacking sufficient time to complete them after answering all the behavioral questions.

The system design question asked me to design something akin to Google Docs.

Overall, I would say the bar was pretty high.

Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 950 interview experiences for the Microsoft Software Engineer role in United States.

Success Rate

25%
Pass Rate

Microsoft's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in the United States is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive63%
Neutral26%
Negative11%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Microsoft's Software Engineer interview process in United States.