Microsoft Senior Software Developer interview questions
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Senior Software Developer 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 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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I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft in Feb 2020
Interview
1 recruiter interview, 1 algorithm question face to face, and site interview with 4 people for 1 hour each. The site interview has 1 behavioral and 3 technical parts. First Question is design a whats up system, second question is transformation of data from legacy system to new system when both of them in live environment.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Vancouver, BC) in Aug 2021
Interview
The hiring manager reached out to me for an initial round, I had a casual conversation with her with behavioural questions. Post that I had my loop round which involved 3 rounds all of them were similar a few behavioural questions and a coding question
I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Bengaluru) in Aug 2021
Interview
One online coding round consisting of two coding questions for one and half hour. Invited to virtual interview sessions consisting of one coding round,two system design rounds, hiring manager round is pending yet.
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Question 1
1. 2 medium LC questions
2. Average question on system design.
3. An interesting system design question in the bar raiser round.