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      Software Engineer Interview

      Aug 18, 2017
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Microsoft

      Interview

      First-round was the coding round where 3 questions were asked at cocubes platform. I cleared all the basic test cases in coding questions but still was not short-listed for the interview process. There are more test cases at the back that need to be cleared for clearing the round.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Reverse and attach the odd nodes of linked list at the back of original linked list without using any temp nodes.
      Answer question
      1

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      Declined offer
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      The interview was hard, even as a fresher the dsa they asked was hard category after I checked on leetcode. Though I couldn't solve it. Some of the other people who interviewed were asked easy - medium dsa

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      The interview was a long process. There was first the recruiter screen, which was followed by a 4-loop interview structure that covered technical, behavioral, and system design. The interviewers were very kind and accommodating.

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