Microsoft Senior Software Developer Engineer interview questions
based on 309 ratings - Updated Jun 16, 2026
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Senior Software Developer Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Microsoft with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 61.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Software Developer Engineer roles take an average of 56 days to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Microsoft overall takes an average of 31 days.
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Short screening call with HR and then an interview day (4x45min with engineers and team leads). All online. They used online tool for coding questions. After some time HR called to give me feedback.
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Question 1
- Algorithms / problem solving
- Component design
- System design
- Behavioral
Interview for senior software engineer consisted of DSA round based on frontend problems , debugging an existing application, system design. Overall the interview was pretty decent, was not prepared enough for the interview
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Question 1
Medium leetcode problem and Debug an existing application problem
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Microsoft (Belgrade) in Mar 2024
Interview
Standard interview process for big tech companies: HR call, initial interview (system design for senior roles), and finally 4 rounds of interviews covering LeetCode style question, system design, OOP and manager level interview. Well organized and pleasant process.