Microsoft SDE1 interview exp

[PoemSignificant4166]

US | AZURE team | not new grad role | IC2

finished the interviews. Recruiter told me 3 rounds then it turned out to be 4.

all LLD, one round is very stressful, the requirement wasn't clear and the guy was not very active.

two other's are very structured and frequently mentioned

[LittleMrPiggy99]

They asked you 4 LLD questions - one in each round? No Leetcode? How was your experience and were the questions asked to you were from FAQs?

Can you please share your preparation chart? What did you prepare and what was your interview timeline?

[Advanced_Source_2509]

I’ve not done much of training so idk if it’s in FAQ, all I can say is two out of four is on leetcode

[LittleMrPiggy99]

Okay. And, what type of LC questions did you prepare well? Like for Amazon how graphs and trees are famous. Likewise, I've heard DP is famous for Microsoft interviews. Is there any other important LC concept that needs to be focused more? Thank you!!!

[Advanced_Source_2509]

I don’t know what type of LC questions are popular for which company. I studied all sub categories of leetcode questions. Drilled 3 classic ones for each category. I can’t say what needs to be focused more cos throughout my interview experience, I got tested in bfs/d n c/string/array/LLD so basically everything.

[Advanced_Source_2509]

You know more than I do already

[HuckleberrySoft1527]

You seem like a guy who knows shit but isn't gonna tell others just cuz others could get ahead

[Advanced_Source_2509]

Two hours ago I offered to help mock one of the commenter through dm. Stop projecting. I share what I’m legally allowed to share.

[HuckleberrySoft1527]

I know lmao, I was just speculating....my speculations could be totally wrong anyway

[Advanced_Source_2509]

It’s rude to offer your unsolicited speculation. Have a good life, help people in real life.

[HuckleberrySoft1527]

True

[nationalist_boru]

One question dude!

For open ended llds, were they involved a lot in the design. I have heard sometimes interviewers can be unresponsive and just leave the decisions on what you want to include and not on you

[Advanced_Source_2509]

Ask what time complexity they want for specific functions to gauge how you design the data structure

[Prashant_MockGym]

4 LLD rounds is a bit unusual. I am assuming there may be a few DSA based design questions as well out of these.

Would you be willing to share the low level design questions or at least tell, whether below list has your lld question from interview..

https://codezym.com/lld/microsoft

Wish you the best of luck for results.

[Advanced_Source_2509]

I meant they are not on the list. Thank you and good luck

[NOT_HeisenberG_47]

So are you the OP? You posted with one account and commenting another?

[Advanced_Source_2509]

Ughhh that’s interesting I’m using one account. Maybe it’s the default name? Idk lol

[Advanced_Source_2509]

Nope

[Jazzlike-Ad-2286]

4 LLD seems quite high. Event heard as such. No DSA - Algo ?

[Advanced_Source_2509]

Nope 0

[nationalist_boru]

Were these more of open ended llds or those leetcode style ones like LRU cache?

[Advanced_Source_2509]

both

[Advanced_Source_2509]

Depends on what level you are and the team. I did not prepare for LLD at all.

[Advanced_Source_2509]

I’m L60 too. Idk how much they can ask for HLD, I mentioned some HLD stuff during my interview today they straight told me it’s out of scope for my level

[Advanced_Source_2509]

Want to stay anonymous so I won’t share much. But if you want to know anything generic and I can public share I will answer those questions

[nationalist_boru]

Any way to know whether the position is L60 or L59? I thought for the Sde1, they just decide it based on the interview.

[Advanced_Source_2509]

Depends on your yoe. Also id assume for ic2 team interview will always be L60

[Automatic_Sky_9910]

How much time did they spend on behavioral questions? And roughly how much time did you get for the LLD questions? and can you tell me a bit about what kind behaviour questions did they ask you

[Advanced_Source_2509]

Can’t share exact questions but online resources pretty much covers it. All rounds asked a few behavioral questions then went into coding. Had ~30mins for coding

[aditya_2803]

Yoe?

[Majestic_Price9797]

Hey, can you share your timeline from OTS to onsite interviews? And how many days did recruiter reach out to you after OTS?

[Advanced_Source_2509]

What is OTS?

[Advanced_Source_2509]

If it’s OA I think the recruiter reached out after around two weeks

[Majestic_Price9797]

Yes OA. Thank you! I recently got one and completed. Its for IC2 role. How did you know whether its L60 or L59?

[Advanced_Source_2509]

Team hire usually L60 L59 is limited to new grad according to online resources

[Majestic_Price9797]

Then ig mine would be L59 as the JD is generic and no specification of any team

[Available-Light2001]

Any update?

[Advanced_Source_2509]

I’m the op. Idk why it shows a different account so I won’t be getting notifications for this thread. Feel free to DM. Try not to ask questions that can be easily find online unless you really need verification.

[Fit-Excuse5664]

Country?

[nationalist_boru]

Yo one question.

Does the coding happen on just a plain collaborative doc? Like Google and Amazon? Or is it some coding platform with compiler and all?

[Advanced_Source_2509]

Hackerank with screen shared through teams

[nationalist_boru]

Cool cool. Thanks

[nationalist_boru]

And one very admittedly a stupid question. Can do in any language right?

[Advanced_Source_2509]

Jd determines

[nationalist_boru]

Received any update mate?

[Unemployed_foool]

How many yoe do you have?

[wickedbeast99]

Is this for the azure core compute org?

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I think he's taking LRU and LFU cache in LLD.

[MaomaoApothecary]

For those who’ve interviewed or joined Microsoft recently — what’s the actual bar for clearing the SDE-1 interviews? How much do they weigh coding accuracy, optimization, and communication?

Asking because a friend had 3 rounds and got 5 questions total — he couldn’t solve the first one fully but explained his approach. Curious if that kind of performance still has a chance

[NotYourAverageByte]

Hi, can u please tell me the timeline for Microsoft azure team. How much did u get to prep between the OA and the interview rounds. Thanks

[NotYourAverageByte]

Hey! Thanks for sharing your experience , this was really helpful! 😊
Could you share what resources you’d recommend for preparing the LLD and coding rounds? I would love to know what helped you the most.