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Four Back-to-Back Rounds, and I Was Late to the First One

MicrosoftSoftware Engineer · Onsite · Aug 2026

Before the interview they gave me two time windows to choose from, morning or afternoon. After I picked one, it was four rounds back to back, about an hour each. Part 1: The process and the questions Round 1 | BQ + quick-fire technical concepts + algorithm The interviewer was a guy based in Pittsburgh. BQ: Have you ever been blocked for a long time? How did you solve the problem and keep moving f…

Shared by a candidate · reported Aug 2026. Interview formats change; use it as a guide, not a script.