Great journey so far, and looking forward to an even better future at Microsoft
Great journey so far, and looking forward to an even better future at Microsoft
You receive good pay and benefits. You get to work on interesting and challenging problems. You can decide the pace of your career.
Microsoft is a huge company with thousands of teams. You can move to learn a different technology in a new team every few years without ever having to move out of the company.
In some teams, heavy competition results in unnecessary politics.
Work-life balance may be affected if you are looking to get promoted in a competitive environment.
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Software Development Engineer II
Technical Screen: Leetcode Hard question about Graphs. Interview loop over two days, 4 rounds. 3 rounds had Leetcode Medium/Hard along with System Design questions and behavioral. Manger round was mostly behavioral along with a design question. D
Software Development Engineer II
The process was very simple. 1. A recruiter contacted me on LinkedIn. 2. I finished the online coding assessment. From there, a Microsoft Hiring Event day was scheduled. The interview was pretty simple, straight LeetCode. They didn't even change t
Software Development Engineer II
I interviewed for an SDE II position with the Microsoft Academic Graph team. I will say outright that it was an absolutely terrible interview experience for me. The team asked me some specific questions about how I would add features to Microsoft A
Software Development Engineer II
Redmond, Washington, United StatesOctober 21, 2025Technical Screen: Leetcode Hard question about Graphs. Interview loop over two days, 4 rounds. 3 rounds had Leetcode Medium/Hard along with System Design questions and behavioral. Manger round was mostly behavioral along with a design question. D
Software Development Engineer II
Redmond, Washington, United StatesFebruary 18, 2022The process was very simple. 1. A recruiter contacted me on LinkedIn. 2. I finished the online coding assessment. From there, a Microsoft Hiring Event day was scheduled. The interview was pretty simple, straight LeetCode. They didn't even change t
Software Development Engineer II
Redmond, Washington, United StatesNovember 1, 2019I interviewed for an SDE II position with the Microsoft Academic Graph team. I will say outright that it was an absolutely terrible interview experience for me. The team asked me some specific questions about how I would add features to Microsoft A
