Microsoft Software Engineer interview experience

The setup felt like a pretty standard evaluation with problem-solving under constraints.

The main prompt was a medium-level optimization problem where the solution required a greedy approach. At first, it was tricky to recognize the right strategy, but as I worked through it, I focused on making my reasoning explicit and checking assumptions as I went. That whole round was very much about whether I could settle on the correct approach and explain why it worked.

After that, I received a verbal offer, though I was still waiting for the official offer letter in the time I wrote up my