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THE LOOP
How the Microsoft loop usually runs
Software Engineer
Based on 89 candidate reports, latest Oct 2026
- Online assessment38%
- Onsite or virtual loop26%
- Coding rounds83%
- System design58%
- Low-level or OO design45%
- Hiring manager20%
- Behavioral39%
Percentages are the share of reports that mention each stage. They come from what candidates wrote, not from an official process.
WHAT TO PREPARE
Topics that come up most
Software Engineer
Based on 89 candidate reports, latest Oct 2026
- Arrays and strings34
- Trees and tries23
- Graphs and BFS/DFS19
- Caches (LRU/LFU)12
- Hash maps9
- Heaps and priority queues9
Topic counts are the number of candidate reports that mention each topic. They are based on reported experiences, not an official company syllabus.
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| Free preview | Experience | Microsoft Interview Experience: 3+ Years, System Design, OOD and DSA (Rejected) Oct 2026 | → |
| Free preview | Experience | SDE 2 Microsoft Interview Experience Aug 2026 | → |
Experience | I Failed My Microsoft R1 Interview: Sharing the Exact Questions Apr 2026 | → | |
Experience | Microsoft Interview Experience (SWE-II, Feb 2026, 4 Rounds) Feb 2026 | → | |
Experience | Microsoft Senior Interview Experience (Ads and Data Infra Loop) Apr 2026 | → | |
Experience | Microsoft SDE 2 Interview Experience (4 Rounds, Selected) Mar 2026 | → | |
Experience | Microsoft SDE II Interview Experience (3 Rounds, Low-Level Design Focus) Mar 2026 | → | |
Experience | Interview Experience: Microsoft L61 (Hyderabad), Selected Jan 2026 | → | |
Experience | Microsoft SDE 2 L61/62 Interview Experience (5 Rounds) Feb 2026 | → | |
Experience | Microsoft SDE-2 India Interview Experience (Dec 2025, Rejected) Dec 2025 | → | |
Experience | Microsoft SDE 2 Interview Experience (Noida, Dec 2025, Rejected) Dec 2025 | → | |
Experience | Microsoft Interview Experience: Round 2 and Round 3 (Not Selected) Nov 2025 | → | |
Experience | Microsoft Interview Experience: Round 1 (Graph Balancing) Nov 2025 | → | |
Experience | Microsoft SDE 2 Interview Experience (Hyderabad, Dec 2025, Rejected) Dec 2025 | → | |
Experience | Principal Engineer Mobile Phone Screen (Rejected) Jan 2026 | → | |
Experience | Microsoft SDE-2 OA Cleared but Ghosted by Recruiter Feb 2026 | → | |
Experience | Microsoft Job Fitment Round for SSE Jan 2026 | → | |
Experience | Microsoft Interview Experience: SDE 1 (L60) Noida Nov 2025 | → | |
Experience | Microsoft SDE 2 Interview Experience (4 Rounds, Ghosted) Nov 2025 | → | |
Experience | Microsoft SWE II Redmond Interview Experience (Rejected) Nov 2025 | → | |
Experience | Microsoft SWE 2 Round 1 (Rejected) Oct 2025 | → | |
Experience | Microsoft Detailed Interview Experience (4 Rounds, Codility and Onsite) Sep 2025 | → | |
Experience | Microsoft SDE 2 28th Interview Loop Experience Nov 2025 | → | |
Experience | Microsoft Interview Experience for L61 SSE / SDE2 (Selected) Nov 2025 | → | |
Experience | Microsoft Senior Software Engineer Interview (Rejected After First Round) Oct 2025 | → | |
Experience | Microsoft 3 Rounds and 1 AA Round Experience Sep 2025 | → | |
Experience | My Microsoft Interview Experience: SDE2 (6 Rounds, Selected) Oct 2025 | → | |
Experience | Microsoft Mobile Developer SDE2 Interview Experience Sep 2025 | → | |
Experience | Microsoft Interview Experience L60 (Rejected) Sep 2025 | → | |
Experience | Microsoft L61 Interview Experience (11 July Drive, Selected) Aug 2025 | → | |
Experience | Microsoft Interview IC3 SDE 2 Backend Sep 2025 | → | |
Experience | Microsoft SDE Phone Screen (US, IC3) Oct 2025 | → | |
Experience | Microsoft SDE2 L61 Interview Experience (4 YoE, Rejected) Jul 2025 | → | |
Experience | Microsoft Xbox Team SDE1 L60 Hyderabad Interview Experience Aug 2025 | → | |
Experience | Microsoft OA Test for SDE-2 (Two Questions) Sep 2025 | → | |
Experience | Microsoft SSE 2026 Phone Screen (Rejected) Mar 2026 | → | |
Experience | My Microsoft On-Campus Internship Interview Experience Sep 2026 | → | |
Experience | Microsoft L62 Interview Experience | Ireland Aug 2026 | → | |
Experience | Microsoft OA Experience (1 YOE) Sep 2026 | → | |
Experience | Microsoft L61 - SE - HackerRank Live Coding Aug 2026 | → | |
Experience | Microsoft AA Round Jul 2026 | → | |
Experience | Microsoft Interview Questions and Experience | → | |
Experience | Microsoft L62 | Interview Experience | Select | → | |
Experience | Interview Experience Microsoft (More Front End) | → | |
Experience | Microsoft India SDE Intern Interview Experience (Bangalore) | → | |
Experience | Microsoft AA interview | → | |
Experience | Microsoft SDE Interview (Weird experience) | → | |
Experience | Microsoft SDE2 Interview Experience | → | |
Experience | Microsoft SWE-2 Interview Experience | → | |
Experience | Microsoft Interview Experience | 10th Feb | → | |
Experience | Microsoft IDC interview experience [offer] | → | |
Experience | Microsoft-interview experience 2024(offer) | → | |
Experience | Microsoft Azure Onsite interview experience | → | |
Experience | Microsoft L60 Interview Experience : Need Feedback | → | |
Experience | Microsoft Interview Experience[Offer] | → | |
Experience | Microsoft | SDE1 | Interview experience | → | |
Experience | Microsoft Interview Experience SDE 2 | → | |
Experience | Disappointing Microsoft SDE2 Interview Experience | → | |
Experience | Microsoft Interview Experience for Software Engineer (L59) | → | |
Experience | Interview Experience with Microsoft | → | |
Experience | Microsoft IC2 interview experience | → | |
Experience | Microsoft Interview Experience | → | |
Experience | Microsoft SWE Intern'23 Interview Experience | Noida | → | |
Experience | Microsoft Interview Experience for SDE | → | |
Experience | SDE2: next-node-in-level tree pointers, token rate limiter, array queue, cross-region design | → | |
Experience | Senior SWE loop: principal, manager, senior engineer and group manager rounds | → | |
Experience | Microsoft Senior SWE: main loop positive, asked to a final group-leader conversation (Sep 2026) | → | |
Experience | Microsoft Senior SWE: final round with group leader after positive loop (Sep 2026) | → | |
Experience | Microsoft hiring event: 4 onsites, Hire signal for SWE 2 instead of Senior (Sep 2026) | → | |
Experience | Microsoft SDE II (Applied AI): coding went well, design average, awaiting result (Sep 2026) | → | |
Experience | Microsoft Security hiring event: 3 rounds, positive feedback, no offer yet (Aug 2026) | → | |
Experience | Microsoft Security hiring event: 3 rounds, positive feedback, no offer yet (Aug 2026), repost | → | |
Experience | Microsoft Azure Sr SWE: five rounds from LC screen to LLD and behavioral (Sep 2026) | → | |
Experience | SDE-2: 5-round interview spanning coding, DSA, LLD, HLD, and behavioral Apr 2021 | → | |
Experience | Microsoft Interview: My Experience for Software Engineer 2 (L61) (Sep 2026) | → | |
Experience | Microsoft Interview Experience — SDE 2 Android (Jan 2026) | → | |
Experience | Microsoft Senior Engineer Interview Experience (2025-2026): The Offer That Took Me Three Attempts (Jan 2026) | → | |
Experience | Microsoft (onsite) SWE Interview Process (Jul 2024) | → | |
Experience | Navigating the Microsoft SDE-2 Interview Process (Oct 2023) | → | |
Experience | Microsoft L60 Interview Experience (Offer Received) — India (Jan 2026) | → | |
Experience | My Microsoft SDE Interview Experience (2.6 years experience) (Mar 2024) | → | |
Experience | Microsoft SDE Interview Experience 2023 (Jan 2024) | → | |
Experience | The Microsoft SDE Intern Interview Experience (Jul 2026) | → | |
Experience | Microsoft Intern SDE Interview Experience 2020 (Sep 2020) | → | |
Experience | Microsoft SWE Internship Process (Selected) (Oct 2023) | → | |
Experience | Microsoft | SDE2 | Interview Experience (Jun 2024) | → | |
Experience | I Got Rejected Twice — Then I Cracked Microsoft Java interview (May 2025) | → | |
Experience | Microsoft Senior SWE Interview Experience (with offer) | → | |
Experience | Got an offer from Microsoft! | → |
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