Microsoft

Difficult multi-stage interviews are expected. Code in front of the interviewer and speak out your thought process. Clean and efficient code is a must. Questions on optimization and efficiency come up a lot.

Skipped phone screening and got a virtual onsite. The folks I interviewed with were friendly and helpful during the interview. HR follow-up was pretty slow after I was told they would extend an offer (should be due to my overall score being low amo

Motivational interview only. I was asked about why I wanted to be a SE, what I was currently doing, etc. I never heard back after that. I wonder why. The manager was great. His name was Joe. He had seven cats in his house.