Microsoft Software Engineer (Software Developer II) interview questions
based on 146 ratings - Updated May 14, 2026
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First had a technical round, where the interviewer asked a LC medium. Then the onsite was 3 rounds, with the HM and senior engineers who all asked a LC medium question. They asked some behavioral questions during each of these interviews
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (Sídney) in Oct 2025
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Received HackerRank screening test. 90 minutes, 2 questions (one hard, one medium). Got both working but left out some improvement opportunities due to time and skills.
Had brief recruiter screen call but the recruiter had their video off and seemed disengaged. Call only lasted 10 minutes.
Received generic rejection email a day after.
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HackerRank Medium question. Solved it with backtracking and memoization.
It was smooth, and the questions were not so tough, The 1st round was a technical scrrening round with 1 ltc medium ques followed by 4 hour loop, each having a mixture of behavioral and a oops base coding ques.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They mainly focussed on the behavioral part and then technical aspect.