Microsoft

Role: Software Engineer

College: Not Specified

Interview Date: Not Specified (Process in 2023)

Interview Type: Full-Time

Result: Cleared (Joined Windows Notification Platform Team in Hyderabad)

Difficulty: Not Specified

Rounds: 1 Online Test Assessment + 3 Virtual Interview Rounds

Topics Asked: Data Structures and Algorithms, System Design (High-Level Design, Low-Level Design with coding, class diagrams), Operating Systems, Object-Oriented Programming, C++ concepts, Behavioral questions

Experience:

Anupriya Verma, having previously worked at Adobe, successfully cleared Microsoft's interview rounds for a software engineer role in 2023.

Preparation Roadmap:

• **DSA:** Used Leetcode for practice, refreshing foundational concepts for about 2 months.
• **System Design:** New to the candidate, who spent more time on it. Referred to "Grokking the system design interview" book and Gaurav Sen's YouTube playlist for high-level design, and a Udemy course for low-level design.

Round 1: Online Test Assessment

• **Platform:** Codility
• **Questions:** 2 coding problems.
• **Outcome:** Successfully cleared this stage.

Subsequent Interviews (3 back-to-back virtual rounds):

• **Round 1 (Technical):** Focused on a Data Structures and Algorithms (DSA) question, along with discussions about the candidate's projects.
• **Round 2 (Technical/Design):** Involved a low-level design question that required coding and explaining class diagrams.
• **Round 3 (Technical/Behavioral):** Covered topics like Operating Systems (OS), Object-Oriented Programming (OOPS), C++ concepts, and included some Behavioral questions.

Overall Experience: The candidate found the Hyderabad campus "stunningly beautiful" and was looking forward to creating an impact in the Windows Notification Platform Team.