Principal Software Engineering Manager at Microsoft
About the role
Microsoft 365 Copilot is a groundbreaking productivity experience powered by large language models, Microsoft Graph, user data, and the web. At the heart of this innovation is the M365 Copilot Platform, which designs and operates the agent runtime and shared platform capabilities that enable Copilot experiences to scale consistently across M365 spanning Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and more. Our team is building a modular, event‑driven platform that raises the bar for agility, relia…
Interview process at Microsoft
Balanced - coding, design, and behavioral with equal weight. Less brutally-competitive vibe than FAANG peers but the bar is real. Team-fit matters more than at Amazon.
- Recruiter screen
- Technical phone screen (45 min, 1 coding problem)
- Full loop: 4 rounds - 2 coding, 1 design (system or component), 1 'as-appropriate' (senior manager, cross-functional)
- Team-specific chat
- Offer
Platforms used: internal loop, CodeSignal for some roles
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