Microsoft·Software Engineer

Microsoft Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Negative

AustraliaPosted May 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I went through a recruiter-driven flow that started with basic questions and a discussion of my background.

After that, I had a technical interview where I expected the HackerRank-style medium questions based on what the recruiter told me. Instead, the task shifted into analyzing an application and rewriting it to match new requirements. It threw me off because it didn’t match the level and format I had prepared for, and it left me feeling like the expectations weren’t aligned.

Following that, I didn’t hear back after the interview. Separately, another part of the process I experienced at Microsoft felt more straightforward and more grounded in classic fundamentals: data structures and algorithms

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