Microsoft·Software Engineer

Microsoft Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Positive

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

I started with an initial coding round, and then moved into a virtual onsite that could be scheduled immediately or delayed by up to two weeks.

The onsite format included distinct rounds: coding, system design, and a behavioral discussion.

Everything was fairly structured and the technical expectations were clear—there was coding to validate day-to-day problem solving, and then system design to check how I built and reasoned about larger components. The behavioral round was part of the same loop rather than an afterthought, and it fed into how the interviewers understood my approach.

I didn’t end up with an offer. My reflection was that the sequence made the overall evaluation feel “complete,” but the pacing across separate coding

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