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Microsoft Software Engineer I/II interview questions

based on 146 ratings - Updated May 14, 2026

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Software Engineer I/II Interview

Aug 5, 2022

Anonymous Interview Candidate

No offer

Positive experience

Easy interview

Application

I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Jul 2022

Interview

Working with the recruiters was amazing. They did the initial phone screen on the first call, and then told me when to apply. This expedited the process so I received the OTA within a day of applying. I received and passed the OTA, but never heard back for an onsite due to the hiring slowdown.

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Question 1

OTA interview questions ranged from Leetcode easy-medium/easy.

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Software Engineer II Interview

Jul 14, 2022

Anonymous employee

Accepted offer

Positive experience

Average interview

Application

I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Atlanta, GA) in Jul 2022

Interview

I interviewed for a similar position before at Microsoft and did not go through the final on-site. So for this position, the setup an initial technical phone screen instead of the online assessment. After that it was 4 rounds of technical interviews.

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

Initial Phone screen - Coding (Arrays, Trees) Leetcode medium 1st virtual on-site interview - Coding(Strings) Easy 2nd virtual on-site interview - System Design 3rd virtual on-site interview - System Design 4th virtual on-site interview - General Manager interview, felt like "As-Appropriate" mostly behavioral, some technical. System design questions were specifically tailored to their product.

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Software Engineer II Interview

Jul 6, 2022

Anonymous employee

Accepted offer

Positive experience

Average interview

Application

I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Microsoft

Interview

6 technical round and one AAA round. Data structure ( arrays, hashmap, graph ), Sql ( joins, partition ), System Design( scaling, catching, partition ), Behavioural ( given a situation, example of your failure and success )

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Question 1

Give a scenario when you failed early and a success story.

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Software Engineer I/II Interview

Aug 5, 2022

Anonymous Interview Candidate

No offer

Positive experience

Easy interview

Application

I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Jul 2022

Interview

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

OTA interview questions ranged from Leetcode easy-medium/easy.

1 Answer

Software Engineer II Interview

Jul 14, 2022

Anonymous employee

Accepted offer

Positive experience

Average interview

Application

I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Atlanta, GA) in Jul 2022

Interview

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

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Software Engineer II Interview

Jul 6, 2022

Anonymous employee

Accepted offer

Positive experience

Average interview

Application

I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Microsoft

Interview

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

Give a scenario when you failed early and a success story.

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