SDE interviews
🧪 Round 1: App Development, Coding Standards, React.js
Focus:
Front-End Development with a UX Focus
React or equivalent framework knowledge
Writing clean, maintainable code
What You’ll Likely Be Asked:
Build or walk through a React component/page (e.g., a user dashboard or form).
Show how you adhere to coding standards (naming conventions, modularization, testing).
Discuss responsive UI, state management, error handling, and accessibility.
Talk about design thinking: how you approach user pain points and test your UI ideas.
How to Prepare:
Practice React-based coding problems (e.g., a task tracker, data table with filters).
Understand best practices for component architecture and folder structure.
Study how to integrate APIs, manage state, and handle edge cases gracefully.
Brush up on basic Power Pages customization if React ties into it.
🔍 Round 2: Problem Solving, Backend, System Design, SQL, Analytical Thinking
Focus:
Algorithmic and Backend Competency
Designing scalable systems (internal tools, portals, services)
Strong grasp of SQL, Dataverse, and possibly Kusto
What You’ll Likely Be Asked:
Data Structures and Algorithms (DSA): solve a coding problem to test logic and efficiency.
A system design problem (e.g., design a community engagement dashboard or metrics pipeline).
Write or optimize SQL queries (joins, aggregations, filtering).
Analytical scenarios: e.g., debugging a slow system, tracing issues in telemetry.
How to Prepare:
Practice LeetCode Medium-level problems.
Review REST API design, data modeling, and cloud services (preferably Azure).
Study Dataverse basics and Kusto Query Language (KQL) if you haven’t yet.
Think through how you’d architect a solution end-to-end (frontend, backend, database).
🧠Round 3: Power Pages and Design Thinking
Focus:
User-centric application design
Proficiency with Power Pages and Power Platform
Emphasis on low-code solutions, iterative thinking, and stakeholder collaboration
What You’ll Likely Be Asked:
Walk through how you’d build a Power Pages portal for a real-world use case (e.g., a customer feedback platform).
Discuss your design process: user research, problem framing, prototyping, and iteration.
Demonstrate understanding of Dataverse integration, authentication, and form creation in Power Pages.
Share how you've handled feedback and refined designs.
How to Prepare:
Build a small sample Power Pages site using Microsoft Learn or tutorials.
Practice mapping business problems to Power Platform solutions.
Think through persona-based design—what users need, how they interact, what data they see.
Be ready to talk through trade-offs: custom code vs. low-code, design vs. tech feasibility.
âś… Final Prep Tips
Core Tech Stack to Brush Up On:
React / HTML / CSS / JS
Power Pages & Power Automate
Dataverse, SQL, and Kusto
REST APIs and Azure Cloud basics
Core Soft Skills to Demonstrate:
Design thinking & UX sensitivity
Clear communication and teamwork
Analytical and problem-solving mindset
Product ownership attitude—thinking beyond just code
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