How can I best prepare for this? Doing MS Leetcode tagged problems? I've been told these cleared interviews are "easier" than the ones in the regular commercial loop but I don't want to get too confident and get slapped with a LC hard outta nowhere. Also, is there a system design round? My recruiter didn't really give many details despite me asking. YoE: 1 TC: $124k #microsoft #swe #interview
What are “cleared interviews “?
Google cleared Microsoft jobs I have a Top Secret clearance and can apply to those roles Basically, MS has a smaller pool of applicants for those
They always ask atleast one Microsoft tagged hard question.
Is this for the cleared roles as well?
Do you have an on-site loop? It mostly contains 4 rounds. 2 coding and 1 coding/design and 1 behavioral + coding.
My wife (L60 with 6 YOE, came from General Dynamics) got a mix of LC medium and LC easy with one low level design (not systems design like how would you design this class with code in real time). So with your YOE hopefully a similar mix. She had an active secret clearance and is applying for top secret now. Are you joining Azure?
oh cool! great comment. yes, it is for Azure. Did your wife know about the LLD beforehand? I have only really Leetcoded and my experience with Sys Design and LLD would be limited.
She didn't prepare for LLD and her previous job didn't use LLD in her role. She bought a one year LC membership and felt it was worth it. She studied high level system design and they didn't ask her any of those questions. Good luck with your interview rounds.
No sys design. Ive heard various interview experiences. I participated in a hiring event and was asked a problem with recursion. Another person just attended some bootcamp and got easier questions. Just be aware the position is probably 95% SRE work...
I figure I can do that for a year or so and then transfer internally to something more dev related?
also, what level was your interview for?
My interview for a cleared position was 4 rounds, all leetcode easy or medium. No system design since my background was in embedded systems.
helpful! thank you.
I got non LC style questions + Typical system design. Microsoft interviews solely depends on a team
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