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      Data Engineer Interview

      May 20, 2025
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Birmingham, England
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Microsoft (Birmingham, England)

      Interview

      Good process highly technical but skilled staff will gently guide you towards the correct thinking to arrive at the conclusion you think is most applicable. All digital, no in-person for early stages (though this might be different later).

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      How to solve a data structure error
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      Data Engineer Interview

      Jun 9, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Miami, FL
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft (Miami, FL)

      Interview

      Ho partecipato a un colloquio conoscitivo per una posizione professionale in ambito tecnico. Durante l'incontro sono state approfondite le mie esperienze lavorative, le competenze acquisite nel corso del percorso accademico e professionale, e le motivazioni che mi hanno spinto a candidarmi. È stata inoltre l'occasione per conoscere meglio l'azienda, il team e le attività previste dal ruolo. Il colloquio si è svolto in un clima professionale e costruttivo, favorendo uno scambio reciproco di informazioni e aspettative.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Ho partecipato a un colloquio per una posizione nel settore software/tecnologico. L'incontro è iniziato con una presentazione reciproca, seguita da domande sul mio percorso accademico, sulle esperienze professionali e sui progetti più significativi a cui ho lavorato. Successivamente sono stati approfonditi alcuni aspetti tecnici legati al ruolo e ho avuto la possibilità di porre domande sull'azienda, sul team e sulle attività previste. È stata un'esperienza utile che mi ha permesso di migliorare le mie capacità comunicative, comprendere meglio le aspettative del mercato del lavoro e riflettere su come valorizzare le mie competenze durante un processo di selezione.
      Answer question

      Data Engineer Interview

      Sep 10, 2025
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Hyderābād
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Microsoft (Hyderābād)

      Interview

      Coding test and 3 round of interview , Contacted via 3rd party.interview went well.last management round panel said you are good fit.Then they ghosted and didn't give offer.waste of time.

      Data Engineer Interview

      Oct 29, 2025
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Redmond, WA
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Sep 2025

      Interview

      The process was tough but fair. There were two medium/hard sql questions, one easy leetcode style question, and one system design problem. Talked to 3 people in total for the interview.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      We have a table of daily sales data. Write a query to calculate the 7-day rolling average revenue for each product, but exclude weekends from the calculation and handle gaps in the data.
      Answer question
      1

      Microsoft interviews FAQs

      • Data Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Microsoft with 3.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 55% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
      • Candidates applying for Data Engineer roles take an average of 50 days to get hired, when considering 11 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Microsoft overall takes an average of 30 days.
      • Common stages of the interview process at Microsoft as a Data Engineer according to 11 Glassdoor interviews include:

        Skills test:  33%

        Phone interview:  25%

        One on one interview:  25%

        Background check:  8%

        Personality test:  8%

      • Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -

        1. Software Engineer(6656) ;
        2. Senior Software Engineer(1757) ;
        3. Program Manager(1399) ;
        4. Software Engineer II(1047) ;
        5. Software Development Engineer(888) ;
        6. Senior Program Manager(861) ;
        7. Product Manager(725) ;
        8. Intern(690) ;
        9. Technical Support Engineer(687) ;
        10. Software Developer(669) ;
        11. Software Development Engineer (SDE)(631) ;
        12. Consultant(548) ;
        13. Software Engineer(Internship)(535) ;
        14. Director(532) ;
        15. Project Manager(480) .


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