Microsoft·Cloud Engineer

Microsoft Cloud Engineer interview experience

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BudapestPosted Feb 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My interview journey for an SDE2 role started with a recruiter screening.

After that I had a technical interview, and then I sat through a panel-style discussion with the hiring manager that was heavily behavioral.

In the behavioral panel, I was asked about themes that were repeated across multiple prompts, including ownership and accountability, how I handled stakeholders, customer obsession, and how I approached problem solving. They also asked about growth mindset and about dealing with conflict and pressure. Even though it was a panel, the questions felt organized around those competency areas rather than being random.

I marked the difficulty as difficult

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