Microsoft

Very disappointed. One interviewer was from a different team (replacing another interviewer) and continued to ask questions on topics that were not very related to the position and that I am not familiar with.

Aptitude matters. Coding matters. Clean coding matters. Approach, more than answer, matters. Sometimes, the problem might just be puzzles. And more than solving, how you think about the solution matters more.

I applied through an employee referral. - During the full loop, along with LeetCode problems, the focus was more on system design and non-functional requirements in design. - Low-level as well as high-level system design questions were asked.