#!process microsoft reject

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viscid beacon
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role?

honest tinsel
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After what stage??

fervent dragon
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software engineer i in mountain view

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got ghosted for a month after the 4 interview stage

mint horizon
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Sry this happened to you. Hope you have better luck with the next company.

fervent dragon
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thanks (: i really appreciate that. i need the luck!

icy goblet
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what was the process

fervent dragon
icy goblet
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I am curious

fervent dragon
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all were basic coding and system questions with behavioral questions afterwards

icy goblet
fervent dragon
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just with diff people

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yes i think

icy goblet
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How did you think it went?

old geyser
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So 45 min was LC, and how many of the 4 1 hr interviews were LC, sys design, and behavioural?

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I heard sys design at Microsoft is only given to senior engineers and above

fervent dragon
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incorrect assumption

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i went in with the same assumption

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2 of them were sys design, i wasn’t prepped at all for the first one of those (because u didn’t think it was coming) and had no idea what to do with it

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the other 2 - 1 LC problem, then 2 LC problems

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honestly i was a bit confused by the entire process. it was a software engineer role, the first guy i talked to implied it was a devops role, so i did my due diligence and came with devops questions for the second person i talked to, and he was like no this is a software engineer position

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then i talked to the first guy again and he was talking devops again

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so, i dunno. wishing better luck to you guys 🫶

old geyser
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Damn there seems to be so much randomness with Microsoft interviews

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On the bright side Microsoft has no cooldown so u can apply to other roles/teams immediately if u want

honest tinsel
icy goblet
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I think i've applied to minimum 50 roles

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and all rejection

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getting the interview from msft is probbaly the hard part

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prolly different if you went to a decent to good school

old geyser
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Yeah and Microsoft recruiters tend to be ass too, getting a reply from them is damn near impossible

strange moth
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45 min was LC - was it related to trees and graphs? How did you study for the 45 min round?

fervent dragon
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I just did as much LC as possible. It will depend on whoever’s interviewing you, so just throw your net wide. Will probably be an easier medium

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and remember it’s not about seeing them all so that you’ll have memorized every problem they might put in front of you

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it’s about setting up a toolbox so that you can effectively problem solve

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they don’t want to see that you already know how to do it, they want to see how you work through the problem!

icy goblet
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Trees, graphs, etc?