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Sr. Software Engineer Interview Experience

August 24, 2020
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Process

I went through a phone screen which consisted of LC medium and LC hard problems. The next step was the interview. The first interviewer asked 4-5 LC questions in quick succession, ranging from medium to hard. For some, I had to write the code; for others, they just wanted to check my approach.

I was asked system design questions on finding bottlenecks in a system with given parameters and had to come up with solutions to mitigate them.

Questions

Find the locations of an optimal meeting point between points on a matrix.

Write an LRU cache.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 8 interview experiences for the Microsoft Sr. Software Engineer role in United States.

Success Rate

25%
Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive25%
Neutral25%
Negative50%

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

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