Great if you can handle the chaos
Great if you can handle the chaos
Fantastic benefits, decent pay/rewards, and work that impacts a lot of people.
Crazy bureaucracy. Cross-team collaboration is both frequent and frustrating. Nothing is documented. Everyone is trying to meet seemingly arbitrary deadlines all the time. Inscrutable urgent requests come from upper management. PMs try to micromanage you.
Give engineers more agency, not just lists of requirements to implement.
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I interviewed for a similar position at Microsoft before and did not go through the final on-site. For this position, they set up an initial technical phone screen instead of the online assessment. After that, there were four rounds of technical inte
Software Engineer II
The interview consisted of four rounds: three technical and one behavioral. The technical questions were LeetCode Medium difficulty. The interviewers were pleasant and great to discuss the questions with. The behavioral questions were standard.
Software Engineer II
Start with an online coding test. If passed, they will invite you to an interview. The interview panel has four rounds: three technical and one personal skills. They ask about coding, algorithms, and system design.
Software Engineer II
Atlanta, Georgia, United StatesJuly 1, 2022I interviewed for a similar position at Microsoft before and did not go through the final on-site. For this position, they set up an initial technical phone screen instead of the online assessment. After that, there were four rounds of technical inte
Software Engineer II
Atlanta, Georgia, United StatesDecember 1, 2021The interview consisted of four rounds: three technical and one behavioral. The technical questions were LeetCode Medium difficulty. The interviewers were pleasant and great to discuss the questions with. The behavioral questions were standard.
Software Engineer II
Cairo, Cairo Governorate, EgyptNovember 16, 2025Start with an online coding test. If passed, they will invite you to an interview. The interview panel has four rounds: three technical and one personal skills. They ask about coding, algorithms, and system design.
