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      Principal Software Engineer Interview

      29 Mar 2022
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Declined offer
      Neutral experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Microsoft

      Interview

      Kind of standard interviewing process including two online coding sessions, one behavior and one system design session. Over all. the interviewing questions are not that difficult. And behavior interviewer asked a lot of questions.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Design a rating system for API services
      Answer question
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      Principal Software Engineer Interview

      24 Apr 2026
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Hyderābād
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft (Hyderābād) in Apr 2026

      Interview

      Absolute pathetic experience with Microsoft Hyderabad. Unable to get a hold of a human or any kind of response from the recruiter. I applied online on Microsoft's careers page. A few weeks later I receive an email from a recruiter asking to pick a slot for a technical screen. Once I confirmed a slot I emailed the recruiter asking for the agenda for the interview. Didn't get any response back. Three days before the interview I emailed the recruiter asking if we can push it by a few days because of personal reasons and if not I can continue with the original time. The recruiter once again didn't reply to my email. An hour before the call she canceled the interview and never sent me an reschedule link or any kind of correspondence. I'm appalled at the lack of professionalism at Microsoft Hyderabad.

      Principal Software Engineer Interview

      31 Mar 2026
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Microsoft

      Interview

      HR round Screening - Python Panel round - 5 interviews I passed screening and went for loop rounds. All rounds were pretty good. Got interviewed by Principal level engineers/Managers. Question were around data modeling, system design and coding was on python with hiring manager. Did not pass the interview. Overall was good, HR was very hyelpful and gave feedback as to where I could have done better. Everything was fast and got completed within 2 weeks. The result was released in action center and then HR emailed me back after 4-5 days

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      1. whats star schema and why its called that 2. lot of questions around dimensions and fact tables 3. one made up scenario where I was asked to use AI
      Answer question

      Principal Software Engineer Interview

      10 Nov 2025
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Tokyo
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Microsoft (Tokyo) in Oct 2025

      Interview

      1. Got initial screening interview over phone, and got rejected simply because I did not speak on enough language level (though I have conversational level). Very disappointed being judged by language only, while they totally ignored skills and experience (I 100% matched position)

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      1. Past experience 2. How I managed team at my current company 3. My experience in AI
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