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Microsoft Software Engineer interview experience

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Tel Aviv-YafoPosted Mar 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I started with a small take-home style step: two LeetCode questions in a 90-minute window.

The problems were medium difficulty, and although I couldn’t recall the exact prompts afterward, the time constraint made it feel like the real gate.

About a week later, I had a virtual interview day over Microsoft Teams. The first conversation began with an intro to the team leader and the role I’d be assigned to, plus a discussion of my background and education. I was able to highlight a project I was working on, and then we did a simpler LeetCode question together. The next interview was more direct—two LeetCode questions back-to-back, with no extra detours.

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