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Microsoft Software Engineer Interview Questions

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Asked at Microsoft, Amazon, American Express + 11 more • 8 days ago
Tell me about a time you made a mistake.
Behavioral
105 answers
Behavioral
Asked at Microsoft, Google • a year ago
Design a system to log messages in order
System Design
12 answers
System Design
Asked at Microsoft, Amazon, Anthropic + 14 more • 23 days ago
Tell me about a time you had a conflict with someone. How did you resolve it and what did you learn?
Behavioral
Cross-Functional
+1 more
34 answers
Behavioral
Cross-Functional
+1 more
Asked at Microsoft, Accenture, ADP + 28 more • 7 days ago
Tell me about yourself.
Behavioral
126 answers
Behavioral
Asked at Microsoft, Amazon, Atlassian + 7 more • 7 days ago
Tell me about a time when you solved a complex problem and how you went about it.
Behavioral
28 answers
Behavioral
Asked at Microsoft • 3 months ago
Explain the leader follower election in a distributed system.
System Design
1 answer
System Design
Asked at Microsoft, Anduril, Apple + 13 more • 8 days ago
Tell me about your past projects.
Behavioral
4 answers
Behavioral
Asked at Microsoft, Accenture, Adobe + 13 more • 7 days ago
How do you prioritize tasks?
Behavioral
Program Sense
+1 more
70 answers
Behavioral
Program Sense
+1 more
Asked at Microsoft, Adobe, Anthropic + 18 more • 7 days ago
Implement LRU Cache.
IDE
Hard
Data Structures & Algorithms
Coding
31 answers
Data Structures & Algorithms
Coding
Asked at Microsoft, Amazon • a year ago
Tell me about a time you failed. What would you have done differently?
Behavioral
3 answers
Behavioral

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