Three great onsite rounds at Microsoft, one botched data structure — and that was enough to reject me
Software Engineer II (SDE II)·Onsite·2026
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The loop is not averaged. A single round where you visibly struggle on fundamentals can outweigh three where you shine. I had to learn this the hard way too.
Hand-writing a BST from scratch — I had not done this in months before my interview either. Adding it to the rotation now.