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      Software Development Engineer (SDE) II Interview

      5 Nov 2025
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Seattle, WA
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (Seattle, WA)

      Interview

      The Onsite consisted of 2 system design questions and 2 technical questions. This rounds were back to back and they weren't actually ordered, I thought I was doing to be doing technical first but was hit with design at the start.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      The design questions made sense for the role (unfortunately I was not aware of the role since I was a general applicant). The two technical questions were not on leetcode but custom questions the interviewers had which were actually not bad.
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      Software Development Engineer (SDE II) Interview

      22 Mar 2026
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Rome
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Microsoft (Rome)

      Interview

      The first was a talk with the recruiter, then an online assignment with Leetcode Medium type of question. Finally, the 3 round interview with system design, coding and low level design

      Interview questions [2]

      Question 1

      Tell me about a time you had a conflict with a colleague.
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      Question 2

      Some string manipulation problem like finding a substring.
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      Software Development Engineer (SDE) II Interview

      9 Mar 2025
      Anonymous employee
      Kirkland, WA
      Accepted offer
      Neutral experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Microsoft (Kirkland, WA)

      Interview

      Five rounds of interview with mostly leetcode medium or hard level problems. It included one design round typical to game design rather than system design. The interview I participa\ted was part of hiring event.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      BFS based leetcode medium level problem
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