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Microsoft Interview Experience for Experienced SDE - 1, Nov 2020

Posted: 15 Mar 2021

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Interview Rounds

Application Process

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Interview Process

Online Coding Interview

Moderate

Duration:

90 minutes

Interview-Date:

9 Nov 2020

Problems:

This round was conducted in Hackerrank portal for a total duration of 95 minutes and was divided into 4 sections.

1st Section : Aptitude Section : 14 questions , 28 minutes
2nd Section : Technical Section : 12 questions , 17 minutes
3rd Section :1 coding Questions : 20 minutes+30 minutes

Water

You are given an array 'ARR' of positive integers, each of which represents the number of liters of water in that particular bucket, we have to make the liters of water in every bucket equal.

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Try Problem

Rat In A Maze

Try Problem

Preparation

Duration:

3 months

Topics:

Dynamic Programming, OOPS, Computer Networks, Computer System Architecture, Operating System, Data Structures, Pointers

Preparation Tip

Tip 1 : Make sure that you are thorough with CS concepts beforehand.
Tip 2 : Even when you are explaining the approach to a question, try to parallelly think about how you would code it.
Tip 3 : Read the previous interview experiences. It would give a fair idea of the kind of questions one should expect.
Tip 4 : For position like Microsoft SDE-1, practicing medium difficulty level coding questions would be the way to go.
Tip 5 : Practice atleast 200 questions from coding platforms like CodeZen, LeetCode, Interviewbit as they contain common interview questions.

Application Process

Where:

Company Website

Eligibility:

4+ Years of Experience

Resume Tip

Tip 1 : Mention Projects and past work experience as it sets good impression.
Tip 2 : Keep your resume up to date for the role you are applying.
Tip 3 : Try to keep your resume of 1 Page.

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