Microsoft Software Engineer interview experience

The questions weren’t weird or novel; the difficulty came from needing to be thorough rather than trying to outsmart the prompt. I remember feeling that the interviewers wanted solid reasoning and careful execution more than speed.

After the DSA portion, the later round still stayed in the same world: clear problem statements, straightforward expectations, and a focus on how completely I worked through the details. Overall it felt a bit like a test of consistency—whether I could stay methodical across rounds. I didn’t get an offer, but the loop itself felt fair in how it evaluated my