Microsoft Software Engineer interview questions

- Applied for the DevDiv role on their careers page Nov 12, 2023 - Didn't get OA until late January 2024 - Had to solve 2 LeetCode style questions of high-medium difficulty in under 60 minutes using coding and testing best practices. - Passed, and then scheduled for virtual final round of interviews just a couple weeks later. - Did 4 x 45 minute interviews using Teams with breaks in between. All had behavioral questions, followed by medium level LeetCode style coding question on Codility, and lastly a chance to ask questions. I struggled with only 1 coding question. - A few days later, recruiter gives me good feedback and a verbal offer and sets me up with a "Intro call" with the hiring manager. Recruiter says this is not an interview. - Following day, over Teams, I speak with the hiring manager who mentions the call is not an interview and it's just an opportunity to ask more questions about onboarding and the team I will be working for. - A few days later recruiter says the hiring manager went with another candidate. I think they lied, and treated the "Intro call" as an interview where I probably didn't prepare sufficiently. - Recruiter says they will find me another hiring manager to setup the offer because I already passed the hardest part, referring to the 4x final interviews. **** Transferred to different job role **** - 1 month later, I get scheduled to chat with another hiring manger who found my resume interesting. It turned out to be a full interview with behavioral questions and 1 LeetCode coding challenge. - I passed and I am assigned a different recruiter who says I have to apply to a different job posting. - I am then scheduled for another final round of 4x 60 minute interviews. When I ask why the repeat, they said the new set is meant for higher career stage candidates. - First interview was a coding challenge that tests recursion and DP and I did really well. Second interview was behavioral which I think I did OK. Third interview was design and implement a solution to a problem that required a Trie. I solved it and interviewer agreed, but had to fix compile errors before running out of time. - The last interviewer had me coding a function to multiply two numbers without using the multiply operator and and then gave me a math related brain teaser question. They had me coding on the Teams chat box instead of Codility. They were not collaborative at all and were stiff. I solved the coding question but struggled with the brain teaser question. One of the worst interviewers I've had. - A few days later the recruiter calls to ask how the interviews went and that we should have feedback within 1 week. - A few weeks go by and I email the recruiter for feedback but they never respond. - I check the career page job status and says that I was not selected. Overall, one of the worst interview experiences I've had with inconsistent communication and scheduling. Half the interviewers were great, the other half were not collaborative and probably just follow an interviewing template they are given with no interest for the candidate.

First, the interviewertold me about the team structure, the team culture and the job responsibility. Next, there were a coding question and a few follow-up questions. Finally, the interviewer let me ask questions.