Microsoft Software Engineer interview experience

It took a few weeks from application submission to that first contact, and then the interview block moved quickly—three rounds scheduled back-to-back over a few days.

The loop started with coding and general CS-style questions: I saw medium-to-hard style problems in a timed setting, plus questions touching on core fundamentals like data structures and algorithms. There was also a behavioral component, and I remember it being less polished than the technical rounds—more unstructured and conversational. One of the rounds also included more than pure coding, with a system-design discussion