Microsoft interview notes, page 1 of 60

“Passed all test cases on this one so I can't really complain about my solution.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Microsoft, Online Assessment (OA) round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This one went fine.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Microsoft, Onsite - Multi Round round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I'd done this a hundred times but somehow still rambled.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Microsoft, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This is where I stumbled.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Microsoft, Onsite - System Design / Architecture round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This was basically the whole interview.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Microsoft, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“The no-exponent constraint is what makes this more than a throwaway warmup.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Microsoft, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This one I had a decent story for, but I rambled a bit trying to explain the technical context before getting to what I actually did.” The rest of the author's notes on Machine Learning Engineer interview at Microsoft, Onsite - Behavioral / Leadership round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“The naive approaches all fail the constraints.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Microsoft, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I jumped straight into features before even thinking about who the actual users were.” The rest of the author's notes on Product Manager interview at Microsoft, Onsite - Product Sense / Strategy round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“The weird part is this is a Microsoft interview and they're asking about Apple's platform.” The rest of the author's notes on Product Manager interview at Microsoft, Onsite - Product Sense / Strategy round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.