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Microsoft Software Engineer interview experience

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MumbaiPosted Aug 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I ended up interviewing in two online rounds.

The first one was purely DSA, with two questions centered on strings. One was fairly straightforward, like building a frequency map, and the second leaned on a more recursive or stack-based approach—the style felt close to problems people usually cite from that NeetCode 250 list.

In the second round, I got one more DSA problem along with additional questions that were tied to my resume. That blend made the round feel more holistic: not just whether I could solve, but whether I could explain my thinking and connect it to my background. I did receive an offer, and overall it felt like a

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