Process
- On-campus interview
- Final round online
The final round had 4 interviews back-to-back testing algorithm questions.
If you do LeetCode mostly, you should be fine.
Try to practice because they will look at your speed and thought process as well. The experience also depends on the interviewer, but overall, not bad at all.
Questions
- Reverse linked list
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 999 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
Positive64%
Neutral26%
Negative11%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Microsoft's Software Engineer interview process in United States.
Microsoft Work Experiences
5.0
Good company for money and work-life balance
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Redmond, Washington, United States
June 2, 2019
Pros: Money, work-life balance, good leadership
Cons: Sometimes too easy-going, bureaucratic.
5.0
Software engineer at Microsoft
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
November 18, 2021
Pros: Best company to work at
WLB
Impact
Cons: Long review process on new features.
1.0
Poor place to work
Software Engineer • Former Employee
New York, New York, United States
May 19, 2025
Pros: Compensation is okay; benefits packages are very high quality.
Cons: - Extremely poor work/life balance with much worse compensation than other big tech companies.
- Extremely old and difficult to use tech. Mountains of tech debt from decades of development; SLT offers no support in trying to improve that. Constantly dealing with timelines.
- Constantly get tight deadlines pushed on you.
- Extremely hierarchical management structure means ICs have ~8 or more layers of management pressure.
- Very little room for technical growth.
- 5.0Good company for money and work-life balanceSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeRedmond, Washington, United StatesJune 2, 2019Pros: Money, work-life balance, good leadershipCons: Sometimes too easy-going, bureaucratic.
- 5.0Software engineer at MicrosoftSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeTel Aviv-Yafo, IsraelNovember 18, 2021Pros: Best company to work at WLB ImpactCons: Long review process on new features.
- 1.0Poor place to workSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesMay 19, 2025Pros: Compensation is okay; benefits packages are very high quality.Cons: - Extremely poor work/life balance with much worse compensation than other big tech companies. - Extremely old and difficult to use tech. Mountains of tech debt from decades of development; SLT offers no support in trying to improve that. Constantly dealing with timelines. - Constantly get tight deadlines pushed on you. - Extremely hierarchical management structure means ICs have ~8 or more layers of management pressure. - Very little room for technical growth.
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