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Microsoft Software Engineer interview experience

Posted Apr 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I applied to Microsoft on the careers page and, after hearing back, I received a HackerRank test link.

The entire vibe of the selection process felt heavily tilted toward DSA: the test and subsequent interviews were centered on data structures and algorithms, with no behavioral or design rounds mentioned.

After I completed the HackerRank test, I waited a long stretch—about 1.5 months—before I heard back. Then a call from the interview scheduler came in to set up the rounds. When the technical interviews started, they kept focusing on DSA with tricky additions, which made the problems feel a bit more demanding than standard textbook variants.

I ultimately didn’t get an offer, but the process

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