Microsoft·Software Engineer

Microsoft Software Engineer interview experience

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Belgrade, Central SerbiaPosted Jan 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I started with an OA, then had a quick recruiter chat, and after that I was scheduled for four back-to-back interviews, each around 45 minutes with short breaks between.

The pattern was consistent: we’d start by talking through my previous experience, then move into a practical technical question. One round involved an OOP design-style prompt, another was behavioral, then I had an algorithmic HackerRank problem, and the last round was system design. The technical difficulty didn’t feel as hard as I had assumed, but I still ended up failing because I got thrown by how I was mentally overestimating the complexity—it felt like my brain made it harder than it needed to be.

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