Complete Guide to
Microsoft
Interviews
Disclaimer
This should be used only as a reference guide for Microsoft
Interviews. In no way or form does this guide guarantee
selection for tech roles in Microsoft.
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Interview Process at Microsoft
Round 1
DSA (Online Assessment)
Fresher/Experienced
Round 2
DSA (Online/Offline)
Fresher/Experienced
Round 3
DSA (offline)
Fresher/Experienced
Round 4
Low Level Design (offline)
Experienced
Round 5
System Design Round (offline)
Experienced
Round 6 Managerial round (offline) Fresher/Experienced
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Round 1
DSA (Online Assessment)
No. of coding ques asked → 2-3 Questions generally in
Platform
Time → 90-120 minutes
Difficulty Level → Medium-Hard
Most asked topics → Graphs, Arrays, Strings, Linked Lists,
Dynamic Programming
Skillset required → Problem Solving in Data Structures
and Algorithms
Note - This round is common for both Fresher and
experienced roles.
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Round 2 & 3
DSA (Online/Offline)
No. of coding ques asked → 2-3 Questions
Time → 90-120 minutes
Difficulty Level → Medium-Hard
Most asked topics → Graphs, Trees, BFS, DFS,
Strings, Linked Lists, Dynamic Programming,
Algorithms and Complexities
Skillset required → Problem Solving in Data Structures
and Algorithms, Communication Skills, Dry running
Code
Note - Suitable for freshers or experienced.
4
Round 4
Low Level Design (Offline)
This round generally contains 1 Low Level Design.
Type of question → Designing different applications
Difficulty level → Medium-Hard
Most asked Questions → Design OLA, Design Parking
Lot System, Design Netflix, etc.
Skill Set required → OOPS, UML Diagram, Design
Patterns, SOLID principles, Machine Coding Rounds
Note - Suitable for experienced professionals.
5
Round 5
System Design (Offline)
This round generally contains 1 System Design question
Type of question → Designing different applications
Difficulty level → Medium-Hard
Most asked Questions → Designing WhatsApp,
YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, Uber, AirBnB etc
Skill Set required → Understanding system
requirements, making scalable design, Standard
System Design Concepts like Load balancers, APIs,
Network Protocols, Message queues, Caching,
Databases, Content Delivery Networks (CDNs)
Note - Suitable for experienced professionals.
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Round 6
Managerial Round (Offline)
Type of question → Behavioural Questions
Difficulty level → Medium
Most asked questions → Why Microsoft?”, “Problems
faced as a part of team and how you overcame
them?”, “Your proudest achievement”, “Toughest
decision that you had to make”, “Your most favourite
project” etc.
Skill Set required → Communication skills,
Interpersonal Skills, Ability to explain through real life
situations and examples, Creativity.
Note - Suitable for experienced professionals.
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Conclusion
To Sum it u/
" Good problem solving skills with sufficient practice in
Data Structures and Algorithm%
" Low Level Design Skill%
" System Designing and Scalabilit
" Behavioral skills
are all that are needed to crack that Microsoft Interview.
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