Microsoft | SDE2 | ODSP | Rejected | 4 YoE
Summary
I experienced a rejection for an SDE2 role at Microsoft ODSP after two rounds of technical interviews. The interviews focused on Data Structures and Algorithms, where I was able to provide optimized solutions for some problems but struggled with others, leading to the rejection.
Full Experience
I was a part of Microsoft ODSP hiring drive in June. Below is my interview experience.
R1 (DSA): https://leetcode.com/problems/candy/description/
Was able to come up with O(n2) solution. Interviewer expected O(n).
The interviewer joined almost 15mins late but didn't gave extra time for the lost time.
R2 (DSA):
Q1. https://leetcode.com/problems/insert-delete-getrandom-o1/description/
Q2. https://leetcode.com/problems/design-browser-history/description/
For first question was able to give the optimized solution but for second question couldn't come up with the expected solution.
Status: Rejected.
Interview Questions (3)
Candy
Insert Delete GetRandom O(1)
The problem statement is available at the provided LeetCode link.
Design Browser History
The problem statement is available at the provided LeetCode link.