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      Entry Level Software Engineer Interview

      1 Dec 2017
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Seattle, WA

      Other Entry Level Software Engineer interview reviews for Microsoft

      Software Engineer Entry Level Interview

      15 Apr 2026
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Dublin, Dublin
      No offer
      Declined offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Seattle, WA) in Oct 2017

      Interview

      I was emailed by their recruiter upon applying online within 2 weeks. 1 phone interview (behavioral + technical) mostly to judge if you're a culture fit, 2 in-person interviews that are technical.

      Interview questions [2]

      Question 1

      Technical - Djisktra's Algorithm, Dynamic Programming definition, BST operations, inheritance
      Answer question

      Question 2

      Behavioural - teamwork scenarios, agile methodology - mostly case-based questions
      Answer question
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft (Dublin, Dublin) in Feb 2026

      Interview

      Interview Process was easy All you need is to go over System Design and microsoft tagged Leetcode Questions. The process wasn't difficult, They Try to help you and give you hints if you are stuck and Generally very nice.
      1

      Entry Level Software Engineer Interview

      2 Jun 2023
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Seattle, WA
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Microsoft (Seattle, WA)

      Interview

      I sent in an application and then I received an invite to do an on campus interview which was a white boarding session with an engineer. It lasted 45 minutes and we only got through one question. It did not go well and so I did not proceed to the next step

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Imagine you have a login bar, how do you only accept valid inputs?
      Answer question
      1

      Entry Level Software Engineer Interview

      10 Jun 2022
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Microsoft in Feb 2022

      Interview

      One initial phone interview with a recruiter then a short virtual interview with a software engineer then a virtual onsite interview of 5 hours. the last interview was very long and tiring. It was very hard to go through.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      They asked me several questions about Microsoft map and how to develop for it. They also asked the usual data structure questions.
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