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Microsoft Software Engineer interview experience

Posted Mar 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I went through a fairly compact Microsoft SWE-II process that centered on low-level design.

After an initial scheduling step with the recruiter, the timeline moved into a first round that kicked off with a short intro, then a deeper discussion tied to the first project I mentioned. That first session was about low-level design using a multi-level parking lot scenario, and the interviewer dug into how I thought through requirements and the structure of the solution.

The rest of the process stayed aligned with that LLD theme. I had another low-level design round that kept the multi-level parking lot framing, so it wasn’t just a one-off question—it felt like the evaluation was

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