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Ace Your Microsoft Backend Engineer Interview

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Sample Interview Questions

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How do you design APIs that are easy to evolve over time?

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Tell me about a database performance issue you diagnosed and fixed.

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How do you approach service reliability and on-call responsibilities?

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Describe a time you had to migrate a live system with zero downtime.

What Microsoft Looks For

Key things to keep in mind when interviewing at Microsoft.

  • ✓Growth mindset is a core value — show curiosity and learning
  • ✓Collaboration over competition: they want team players
  • ✓Design for accessibility and global users in any system you describe

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