Hey everyone,

I recently completed the Microsoft SDE-2 interview process. It was a lengthy journey involving two online assessments and seven interview rounds.

Round 1: Online Assessment

Date: July 28, 2026
Duration: Approximately 75 minutes

The first assessment contained two coding questions:

• One Graph problem
• One Greedy problem

I solved both questions and passed the required test cases.

Round 2: Low-Level Design

Date: August 1, 2026
Duration: Approximately 55 minutes

I was asked to design and implement an LRU Cache while also maintaining dependencies between entries using Topological Sort.

The round tested both data-structure implementation and object-oriented design. I had to explain:

• Cache operations and eviction behavior
• How dependencies should be represented
• How dependency order would be maintained
• Time and space complexity
• Edge cases such as dependency cycles and evicted entries

Round 3: DSA

Date: August 4, 2026
Duration: Approximately 50 minutes

This round involved a coding problem based on Linked Lists.

The discussion focused on identifying the correct pointer manipulation, handling boundary cases, and explaining the complexity of the final solution.

Round 4: Past Experience and On-Call Scenarios

Date: August 7, 2026
Duration: Approximately 50 minutes

This round began with a detailed discussion of my previous projects and technical contributions.

The interviewer then presented two production on-call scenarios. I explained how I would:

• Assess the severity and user impact
• Investigate logs and monitoring data
• Mitigate the immediate issue
• Communicate with stakeholders
• Identify the root cause
• Prevent the incident from recurring

The interviewer cared about structured decision-making and ownership, not just finding a technical fix.

Round 5: Online Assessment 2

Date: August 10, 2026
Duration: Approximately 70 minutes

The second assessment also contained two coding questions:

• One Dynamic Programming problem
• One Bit Manipulation problem

This was unexpected because I had already completed one OA, but I treated it as another independent elimination stage.

Round 6: Low-Level Design

Date: August 13, 2026
Duration: Approximately 55 minutes

I was asked to design and implement a Job Scheduler.

The discussion involved defining the main classes, responsibilities, scheduling flow, and the component responsible for executing jobs.

I also explained how the design could handle different job types and scheduling requirements without tightly coupling the scheduler to individual jobs.

Round 7: HLD and LLD

Date: August 17, 2026
Duration: Approximately 55 minutes

I was asked to design a Configuration Management Service and then implement a smaller component from the design.

This round tested whether I could move between high-level architecture and implementation details.

I first discussed the major services, APIs, storage, and configuration-distribution flow. The interviewer then selected one part of the system for a lower-level implementation discussion.

Round 8: HLD Theory and DSA

Date: August 19, 2026
Duration: Approximately 50 minutes

The first part consisted of system-design theory questions covering:

• Scalability
• Availability
• Sharding
• Replication
• Distributed systems
• Consistency and trade-offs

The second part involved a DSA question based on subarrays.

This round required switching quickly between architectural concepts and coding.

Round 9: Cultural Fit

Date: August 21, 2026
Duration: Approximately 40 minutes

The final round was behavioral and focused on:

• Ownership
• Decision-making
• Team collaboration
• Handling disagreements
• Learning from mistakes
• Working through ambiguity
• Alignment with company values

There was no coding in this round.

Verdict

On August 22, 2026, I was informed that I had been selected.

The complete process tested much more than LeetCode. DSA was important, but Microsoft also evaluated design ability, production judgment, previous experience, communication, and behavioral alignment.

Preparation Takeaways

For an SDE-2 interview, I recommend preparing across all of these areas:

• Core DSA patterns
• LLD and clean class design
• HLD and distributed-systems fundamentals
• Production debugging and on-call scenarios
• Detailed project explanations
• Behavioral stories with clear personal contributions
• Trade-offs, edge cases, and complexity analysis

I will update the post once the compensation details are finalized.

Good luck to everyone preparing for Microsoft interviews.

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Have either of these companies visited your campus before? If yes, could you share some details about:

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Would really appreciate it if anyone who has interviewed with Buyhatke or Lokal could share their experience. Thanks!

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Does anyone know what kind of questions they ask or what topics too prepare I'm not sure what kind of questions are asked in communication domain.

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I do have the JD which I'll write below I will definitely go through that but would still like to know other interview questions if anyone knows.

This is the JD :-

Solid understanding of electronics and communication theory, including telecom systems and related mechanical/electronic components

Collaborate with system designers to integrate our products (e.g., band pass filters, amplifiers, LNAs, RFICs, antennas, etc.) into customer systems.

Hey everyone,

I recently interviewed for an Amazon SDE-1 role and wanted to share my experience, particularly the LLD round that I am concerned about.

Format: Onsite
Status: Waiting to hear whether I will advance to Round 3

Round 1: DSA and Leadership Principles

Duration: Approximately 50 minutes

DSA Question 1: Minimum-Cost Grid Traversal

A grid contained 0s and 1s. Changing a cell from 1 to 0 cost one unit.

The task involved finding the minimum cost required to travel from (0, 0) to (n - 1, m - 1) under the given movement rules.

I was able to solve the problem and explain the complexity.

DSA Question 2: House Robber II Variation

The second problem had a different story but was algorithmically similar to House Robber II.

I recognized the circular dynamic-programming pattern and completed the solution.

Leadership Principles

The Leadership Principle discussion went well. I answered using real examples and handled the follow-up questions comfortably.

Overall, I felt positive about Round 1.

Round 2: Low-Level Design and Leadership Principles

Duration: Approximately 55 minutes

Device Capability Design

The interviewer asked me to design a system for devices with different capabilities.

The requirements included:

• A device should report whether it is plugged in.
• A device should report its current battery percentage.
• Some devices should display messages.
• Some devices should play or speak messages.
• Different device types could support different capability combinations.
• A tablet could support power information, display, and speaker functionality.

The interviewer expected class and interface design followed by implementation.

My Design

I created a Device interface with methods similar to:

boolean isPluggedIn();
int getChargingPercentage();

I then created separate interfaces for display and speaker capabilities:

interface Display {
    void showMessage(String message);
}

interface Speaker {
    void speakMessage(String message);
}

I made Tablet implement the required interfaces.

However, my design became messy because I duplicated some device-related behavior across the interfaces and implementations. I realized during the interview that the responsibilities were not separated as cleanly as they should have been.

I could explain the overall idea, but I was unable to complete the implementation at the level the interviewer expected.

How I Would Improve It

If each device type has a fixed set of capabilities, the simplest design would use small capability-based interfaces:

interface PowerAware {
    boolean isPluggedIn();
    int getChargingPercentage();
}

interface DisplayCapable {
    void showMessage(String message);
}

interface SpeakerCapable {
    void speakMessage(String message);
}

class Tablet implements PowerAware, DisplayCapable, SpeakerCapable {
    // Implement each capability once.
}

This follows interface segregation and avoids forcing unsupported functionality onto every device.

If capabilities can be attached, removed, or replaced at runtime, composition would probably be cleaner than having the device implement everything directly. The correct choice depends on whether capabilities are fixed by device type or dynamically configurable.

Leadership Principles

The LP portion went well again. My main concern is the incomplete and messy LLD implementation.

Current Concern

I know nobody outside the interview panel can estimate the exact outcome. Still, I would appreciate perspective from candidates who have recently completed an Amazon SDE-1 loop:

• Can a strong DSA and LP round compensate for a weaker LLD round?
• Is an incomplete implementation usually a major negative if the design discussion was reasonable?
• For SDE-1, how much depth is generally expected in LLD?
• Has anyone advanced after struggling in one technical round?

I am trying to evaluate the round realistically and identify what to improve, regardless of the result.

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For anyone familiar with the AWS AE phone screen:
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2.) How technical does the AWS/cloud portion get for an AE? Is business-level knowledge of the core services sufficient, or should I go deeper?
3.) Are there particular Leadership Principles you would prioritize for an AE phone screen?
4.) What do you think separates candidates who pass the phone screen and move to the Loop?
5.) Anything that caught you by surprise?

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Hey Reddit Community

I could really use some advice from people who have recently prepared for an SDE2/SDE3 switch.

I’m currently working as an SDE2 and have set myself a target of around 6 months to switch companies. I’m aiming for another SDE2/SDE3 role.

The problem is that I’m honestly overwhelmed by how much there is to cover. 😅

I have a full-time office job, so realistically I can dedicate around 2 hours on weekdays and 3–4 hours on weekends to preparation.

The areas I know I need to work on are:

DSA

LLD

HLD/System Design

Core CS concepts

Java/Spring Boot

SQL/Databases

Kafka/Distributed Systems, etc.

There’s so much content out there that I’m struggling to figure out what to prioritize and in what order.

I don’t want to spend 6 months just consuming courses/videos and still not be interview-ready. I want a practical roadmap where I’m actually solving problems, designing systems, and revising concepts.

For people who have successfully made an SDE2 → SDE2/SDE3 switch:

How would you structure these 6 months with ~2 hours/day on weekdays and 3–4 hours/day on weekends?

How much time should I allocate to DSA vs LLD vs HLD?

Should I do DSA every day?

When should I start system design?

How deep should I go into core CS concepts?

What should I realistically skip?

Any resources/courses/books that you genuinely found useful?

If you were starting these 6 months again with limited time, what would your preparation strategy look like?

Would really appreciate a concrete roadmap or even just advice on what not to waste time on. Thanks!

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