Microsoft·Software Engineer

Microsoft Software Engineer interview experience

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Redmond, WAPosted Apr 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My experience felt comparatively chill.

I had a quick recruiter screen, and then I went into two technical rounds that were more in the “easy to medium” range, plus a behavioral conversation afterward. The interviewers were nice and supportive during the process, and the whole thing didn’t feel overly tense.

After the interviews, I didn’t hear back for about two weeks. Eventually, I got good news and an offer came through. In that same overall structure I also saw, at a glance, how the day could go when it didn’t work out: a similar three-round interview day can end with passing only one round and failing the rest.

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