Microsoft·Software Engineer

Microsoft Software Engineer interview experience

RemotePosted Jun 2021 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My process ended up spanning more steps than I first thought.

After I passed an onsite, the recruiter told me the team wanted me, but that I still had to wait until I was officially selected for hire. That “almost there” feeling came with delays—there was momentum, but the decision wasn’t fully finalized yet.

Later, I got told I was close to the finish line from a recruiter perspective, but I still needed one more interview with another engineer from a different team. That extra round made the process feel like there was internal alignment happening behind the scenes, not just a clean pass/fail.

I remember walking into those last stages with optimism

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