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Deepa Krishnan
SDE-2 at Microsoft
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📋 Overview
4 rounds at Microsoft Hyderabad. Mix of DSA, system design and behavioral. Microsoft values problem-solving approach and clean code. The interviewers were very supportive.
Rounds
4
Level
3-5 yrs
Difficulty
Hard
Result
Selected
👨💼 Interview Rounds
1
Round 1CodingOnline assessment — 2 problems
Questions Asked:
- →Implement a stack with getMin()
- →Find all anagrams in a string
2
Round 2TechnicalDSA + OOP design
Questions Asked:
- →Design a parking lot
- →Lowest common ancestor in BST
- →SOLID principles
3
Round 3System DesignDesign Microsoft Teams notification system
Questions Asked:
- →Design real-time notification system for 100M users
4
Round 4ManagerialBehavioral + culture fit
Questions Asked:
- →Tell me about a time you failed
- →How do you prioritize tasks?
💡 Tips from Deepa Krishnan
1
Focus on clean, readable code — not just working code
2
Practice explaining your thought process out loud
3
Prepare behavioral questions using STAR method
4
Know Azure services and cloud architecture basics
🏷️ Topics Covered
DSASystem DesignOOPAzureBehavioral
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