Read bucket
- ACID
- SOLID
Microsoft Interview – Final Preparation Plan
Daily loop
- 2 Behavioral mocks
- Focus of the day
- Night - LLD , C#, SQL
Sep 23 — Behavioral
10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Map consolidated stories → behavioral questions
- Correct/tighten STAR structure
- Practice answers aloud
- Practice difficult follow-ups
- Behavioral mock
- Final story → question mapping
Goal: Behavioral prep essentially complete by end of day.
Sep 24 — System Design
10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
- Complete planned System Design material
- Review core concepts/patterns
- Walk through selected designs
- Practice end-to-end design flow
- System Design mock
Goal: System Design reading/prep essentially complete.
Sep 25–29 — Main Revision Cycle
Every Morning ☕ — Core 20 DSA
~30 min
- Same 20 classic DSA problems
- Pattern → algorithm → key state/data structure → complexity
- Mental recall only; no coding
Every Day — DSA
Daytime
- ~25–30 NeetCode questions
- Rapid solution/pattern recall
- Code only rusty/forgotten problems
Evening
- Selected Microsoft-tagged questions
- 1 coding mock
- Full interview flow:
- Clarify
- Explain approach
- Code
- Dry run
- Complexity
- Follow-ups
Night Study — 8:00–11:00 PM
Sep 25
LLD + C#
- 2–3 previously solved LLD problems
- Short LLD mock
- C# fundamentals review
Sep 26
LLD + C# Concurrency
- 2–3 LLD problems
- Concurrency problems 1–3
- Review SemaphoreSlim / synchronization patterns
Sep 27
LLD + C# Concurrency
- 2–3 LLD problems
- Concurrency problems 4–6
Sep 28
LLD + C# Concurrency
- 2–3 LLD problems
- Concurrency problems 7–9
- Rapid concurrency pattern review
Sep 29
LLD + SQL
- Rapid LLD revision
- SQL ~10 planned problems
- Finish by 9:30–10:00 PM
- No heavy studying afterward
Sep 27 — HR Preparation
Fit ~2–2.5 hours into daytime:
- Tell me about yourself
- Why Microsoft?
- Why this role/team?
- Why vendor → FTE?
- Relocation / work authorization
- Compensation discussion
- Recruiter questions
- Short recruiter mock
Sep 28 — Recruiter Kick-Off
1:00–1:30 PM Recruiter Kick-Off — Kara Baskett
Before call:
- ~30 min refresh
- Intro
- Why Microsoft / role / FTE
- Logistics
- Recruiter questions
Otherwise continue normal DSA schedule.
Sep 29 — Final Prep Day
Reduce DSA volume:
Morning
- Core 20
Daytime
- 10–15 NeetCode instead of 25–30
- Weak Microsoft-tagged questions
- 1 final coding mock
- Behavioral quick recall
- System Design framework recall
- Resume/JD quick review
- Questions for interviewers
Night
- LLD rapid review
- SQL
- Stop around 9:30–10 PM
Sep 30 — 2 Interviews
1:00–2:00 PM Jayesh Samyani — Software Engineer II
3:00–4:00 PM Karthik Rabindranath — Principal Group Engineering Manager
Morning:
- Core DSA patterns
- 1–2 easy coding warm-ups
- Behavioral story map
- No heavy studying
Oct 1 — Interview
2:00–3:00 PM Bill Donker — Principal Software Engineer
Morning:
- Adjust based on Sep 30
- Light DSA / System Design / LLD refresh
- Behavioral recall
- No grinding
Oct 2 — Final Interview
2:00–3:00 PM Ramesh Gude — Principal Software Engineering Manager / Hiring Manager
Morning:
- Light DSA refresh
- Behavioral stories
- System Design / LLD frameworks
- Questions for HM
- Stay fresh