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Updated 8 Aug 2024

Microsoft Corporation Data Engineer Interview Experiences

1 interview found

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Hard
Process Duration
4-6 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in Feb 2024. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. What are cyclic linked lists
  • Ans. 

    Cyclic linked lists are linked lists where the last node points back to the first node, creating a loop.

    • Cyclic linked lists have no NULL pointers, making it difficult to determine the end of the list.

    • They can be used to efficiently represent circular data structures like a round-robin scheduling algorithm.

    • Detecting cycles in a linked list can be done using Floyd's cycle-finding algorithm.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Coding question from BST
Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. About data modelling and Architecture
  • Q2. Real world problem and solution
  • Ans. 

    Real world problem: Predicting customer churn in a subscription-based service

    • Collect and analyze customer data such as usage patterns, demographics, and interactions

    • Use machine learning algorithms to identify factors leading to churn

    • Implement targeted retention strategies based on the analysis

    • Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the strategies over time

  • Answered by AI
Round 3 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Sql technical round
  • Q2. About various azure services
Round 4 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. About my work area
  • Q2. Managerial and company fit

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Learn DSA and in depth knowledge of your work and field

Skills evaluated in this interview

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Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Technical questions were asked

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed before Aug 2021. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. What is difference between abstract class and interface?
  • Ans. 

    Abstract class can have implementation while interface cannot. Classes can implement multiple interfaces but only one abstract class.

    • Abstract class can have constructors while interface cannot.

    • Abstract class can have non-abstract methods while interface cannot.

    • Interfaces are used for full abstraction while abstract classes are used for partial abstraction.

    • Example: Abstract class - Animal with method eat() and subclass ...

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Learn about java and object oriented programming programming.

Skills evaluated in this interview

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Jan 2021. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Javascript fundamentals and output questions Angular - routing, component, directive etc Sass

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Positive experience

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Computer networking, oops, programming

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in Dec 2020. There was 1 interview round.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. They asked to calculate time complexity of any algorithm

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Practice is the only silver bullet to crack any interview!
Do coding of problem on notepad. Refer DS, ALGO related problem from GeeksOfGeeks site.

And 1 more thing coding is an art and please do not mug up the code, just try to understand the tricks, logic and solution and use those tricks and solution to solve any coding problem.

Do practice, Do practice and Do practice....nothing else

I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed before Oct 2021. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
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Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Questions regarding mainframe technology
Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Questions regarding COBOL JCL DB2 SQL VSAM IMSDB
Round 4 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Regarding salary discussion

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be prepare in mainframe technology like JCL Cobol DB2 CICS and IMSDB related questions
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Dec 2021. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Basic Aptitude like Quantitative , English and Logical Reasoning. Coding round had 4 questions - 2 SQL problems and 2 codes

Round 2 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Personality assessment , character judging and seeing if you are fit for the company on the basis of value was checked
  • Q2. Tell me about yourself

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Amdocs Software Engineer interview:
  • C++
  • SDLC
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Nothing to worry about. Just show confidence and good communication skills and a ability to learn.

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Resume Shortlist
Experience: I had a standard resume for this company as per the norms of our institute’s placement cell. For Oracle I laid emphasis on my programming skills and projects related to it.

Round: Test
Experience: The first round was the written test that comprised of 5 sections – vocabulary, aptitude, pattern matching, logical reasoning and programming. The questions in the programming section were asked from data structures and C++. The questions in the programming section were mainly from trees (from data structures). Around 400 students appeared for their written test out of which around 100 were shortlisted.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: The next round was the interview round. They gave me some puzzles to solve and a program to write. One of the puzzles that I remember was that if I were to be given an egg then how would I determine its durability, i.e. how would I determine that from which floor do I need to throw the egg from so that the egg does not break if thrown from any floor below it.
For the coding question I was given a mathematical formula and I was asked to devise a code such that the program uses the formula and gives the output.
Tips: Prepare for Data Structures as well as the commonly asked puzzles for Oracle.

College Name: IIT ROORKEE
Motivation: Oracle is a reputed company in the space of software and ITeS. It had come to our campus with five profiles. The best means to know about all of them is to attend the pre-placement talk of the company.

I appeared for an interview before May 2016.

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Test
Experience: First section had questions on object oriented programming concepts and some basic questions related to c++
In the second section tables were given and we were asked to write the queries for the given questions.
Duration: 1 hour
Total Questions: 20

College Name: IIITDM Jabalpur

Microsoft Corporation Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Microsoft Corporation Data Engineer interview?
Microsoft Corporation interview process usually has 4 rounds. The most common rounds in the Microsoft Corporation interview process are Technical.
How to prepare for Microsoft Corporation Data Engineer interview?
Go through your CV in detail and study all the technologies mentioned in your CV. Prepare at least two technologies or languages in depth if you are appearing for a technical interview at Microsoft Corporation. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at Microsoft Corporation expect are microsoft, Computer science, Data Quality, Python and SQL.
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