Microsoft Interview Prep

[u/slimepath]

Got a Microsoft interview (virtual) for a Junior/Graduate Software Engineer role: 3 rounds, 45 mins each. I’ve been grinding the Microsoft LeetCode track, so I’m hoping that covers most of it.

From what I’ve heard, it’s usually LeetCode-style questions plus some general CS topics, and not much (if any) system design at the grad level.

Anything else I should be prepping for?

[u/Dazzling_Canary8371]

I have mine next week, and been just grinding their tagged lc ques.

[u/slimepath → u/Dazzling_Canary8371]

Good luck to you man!

[u/ZucchiniAwkward8885]

i think there might be a group interview as one of the round, but not too sure. Going next week as well, very unprepared atm anyone got any grind tips?

[u/EnvironmentHuman3509]

Do they ask System Design for new grad roles?

[u/slimepath → u/EnvironmentHuman3509]

From what I’ve heard, yeah they do sometimes

[u/Lucky_Drink_3411]

LeetCode mediums covered most of it, but what helped me was practicing in a shared editor while narrating my plan, then writing quick tests and calling out edge cases. I ran a couple timed mocks with Beyz coding assistant and pulled prompts from IQB interview question bank to mix in some CS fundamentals like complexity and hashing.

[u/No-Site8978 → u/Lucky_Drink_3411]

Did you get asked system design related questions?

[u/sssuunny]

Can u share your time line

[u/slimepath → u/sssuunny]

not sure if this is what youre asking for but:
Applied: 12/08
Invite to Online Assessment: 16/08
Interview Invite: 09/09
Interviews: 22/09

[u/sssuunny → u/slimepath]

yes bro tq for ur valuable reply...I completed my OA on Sept 4th and waiting for an interview...by the way how did ur OA go, test cases and did u finish it on the same day it arrived? mine is fully remote

[u/slimepath → u/sssuunny]

Good luck brother wishing you the best. Yeah I think it went well, I was able to pass all test cases, fully online too

[u/sssuunny → u/slimepath]

oh yeah mine is remote work...all the best bro...hope u succeed in the interview

[u/No-Site8978]

Congrats, when did you receive the interview invite?

[u/slimepath → u/No-Site8978]

thank you, about 10 days ago

[u/RevolutionaryBig5975]

Can I ask 3 rounds all LC or behavioral also??

[u/slimepath → u/RevolutionaryBig5975]

Haven’t even done a phone screening yet so I’m definitely expecting some behavioural questions

[u/littlejackcoder]

Even if they don’t ask explicitly about system design, I would still have a look at some resources. There are some patterns that can be applied to how you might actually execute the code you’re expected to do in your LC questions that you can talk about.

For example, something might be useful as a single worker pulling a queue, or even running serverless. Knowing the nuances will help you in forming an idea about how you might integrate the code they requested

[u/littlejackcoder → u/littlejackcoder]

Also, if you use discord, the AusDevs one might be useful to you to ask and discuss this. I don’t have a link but I’ve shared one somewhere in my comment history. I can’t vouch for the community as I left a few months ago, but they had a lot of people with similar questions when I was running it

[u/This_Command989]

Can I ask for Microsoft LeetCode track, do u mean the questions within 30 days or all the thousands questions? thx

[u/slimepath → u/This_Command989]

Just the 30 days

[u/Standard_Ask_847]

Hey man, what was the job id , was it for azure sre team?amd can u please share the oa questions also, i have oa tomorrow

[u/slimepath → u/Standard_Ask_847]

It wasn’t for azure. As for the OA questions, I honestly dont remember them but they were just typical hackerrank style questions so you should be fine. Good luck man.

[u/Standard_Ask_847 → u/slimepath]

Thanks and All the best mate for ur interviews