Microsoft Low Level Design And AI Assisted LLD Round Interview Questions
Microsoft have introduced AI assisted Low Level Design round. This is a new unique and interactive pair-programming round split into three distinct phases. Rather than just writing code from scratch, You have to architect a system, prompt an AI model (ChatGPT/Gemini) to generate it, and then critically audit the AI's output.
If you are looking for Microsoft DS & Algo round questions then you can find them here:
https://codezym.com/lld/microsoft-dsa
LLD rounds are there for SDE-2. Sometimes LLD is also asked in L60 positions. Also there may be more than one LLD rounds scheduled. Expect concurrency discussions in LLD questions like cache or configuration management service etc.
LRU cache can be asked either in DSA or LLD rounds
https://leetcode.com/problems/lru-cache/description/
Microsoft interviewers prefer asking DSA based design questions like Design LRU Cache, Design Tic-Tac-Toe, Design Google Search Autocomplete etc in their Low Level design rounds.
If you use Java then know about synchronized keyword and how you can use it to make your solution thread-safe.Below list is updated frequently. Reflects top Microsoft LLD questions in last 6 months.
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