Microsoft Software Engineer interview experience

I followed that and applied without a referral, then the first stage was a technical screening with the hiring manager. After that, the remaining rounds were centered on DSA and system design.

I remember it feeling like the questions were drawn from patterns similar to what I’d seen for Microsoft-tagged problems, rather than completely random material. Even though the recruiter interactions and framing stayed calm, I still didn’t end up with an offer. The most honest reflection I have is that I handled the structure okay, but I didn’t perform strongly enough to cross the bar in the later