Microsoft

- Development of Azure Migrate’s Assessment and Business Case reporting engine , enabling customers to estimate cost savings and feasibility of migrating their servers and SQL resources to Azure.

- Developed and maintained comprehensive E2E test suites covering multiple customer scenarios to ensure quality and reliability of new features.

Software Engineer II

As a dedicated Software Engineer at Microsoft, I contribute to the development and maintenance of Azure ARC for Private Clouds.

𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬:
 ● Added various features in Azure ARC for Private Clouds, including:
 ● VM Customization Support
 ● Cloud-Init Support
 ● VMware Tools Install and Upgrade
 ● Support for Clusters, Datastores, Hosts, etc.
 ● Worked on various customer and internal issues, including critical Sev2 issues, ensuring timely resolution.
 ● Won multiple awards at Microsoft for delivering high-quality work.

Software Engineer

InterviewCafe

One-stop place for non-stop tech interview preparation strategies and knowledge.

Founder

Tutort Academy

Curriculum Advisor

AlgoTutor

As one of the founding members of AlgoTutor, I embarked on a journey with a high vision to provide top-tier education to students and working professionals.

My multifaceted role encompassed a variety of responsibilities across several key areas:

• Marketing and Social Media: Developed and executed marketing strategies to enhance our brand presence, driving engagement and growth across multiple social media platforms.

• Hiring: Played a pivotal role in recruiting and onboarding highly qualified employees, ensuring that our educational offerings were delivered by the best in the field.

• University Relations: Established and maintained strong relationships with universities, facilitating collaborations that enriched our programs and expanded our reach.

This experience has been an incredible learning journey, equipping me with valuable skills and insights in education, marketing, and team collaboration.

Co-Founder

VMware

Worked on Distributed Storage Systems vSAN (#1 HCI software)
Read more about vSAN- https://blogs.vmware.com/virtualblocks/2018/07/02/idc-leadership-hci/

- Making enhancements and added a couple of features in CLOM (Cluster level Object Manager) module, it manages the placement and migration of objects (i.e vmdk) and
distribute component across the host in the cluster.

- Involved in the development of the vSAN checker tool, it used to collect the metadata from the disks in vsan datastore.

- Implement in-memory logging features in userspace demons process.

- Worked on a couple of customers escalation and fixes customers and internal bugs.

- Developed a checker tool that catches and generates a report of all the offensive/racial terminology uses in the user changeset at the time code reviews. This tool is being used by all the VMware developers. 

- Developed and make enhancement in a couple of debugging tools that help to triage bugs faster.

Skill: C, Python, Distributed system, GDB tool, Data Structure & Algorithm.

Member of Technical Staff II

Teradata

- Enhancements in the Parallel Database extension
  module, it is a middle layer taking care of communications 
  between OS and database application.

- Worked on module taking care of monitoring and
  reporting errors in the system memory.

- Worked on resolving the memory leaks in database
  processes using Valgrind tool.

- Worked on enhancements of kernel module taking care
  of size reduction of core dumps being generated
  from various database processes.

- Pick intel drivers source code from the Sourceforge and created
  the patch file and build the rpm for SuSe Linux. 
  Drivers are e1000e, igb, i40evf, ixgbe, and ixgbevf.

- Making enhancements in multiple Teradata tools.

- Wrote scripts to automate the task using Python/Shell Scripts.

- Wrote a script to make rpm package of a couple of kernel module.

Skill: C, C++, Data Structure, Python, Shell Scripts

- Developed a website to automate testing in the distributed 
environment that has been using by Teradata internal teams.  

Skill: Java Spring, HTML/CSS/Bootstrap, Teradata Database.

Softwar Engineer Intern

SDE @ Microsoft | Author | Founder- Interview Cafe | Mentor- Scaler & AlgoTutor | Tech Content Creator

𝐒𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐭 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭 💻
As a dedicated Software Engineer at Microsoft, I contribute to the development and maintenance of Azure ARC for Private Clouds.

𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 🏆
 ● Added various features in Azure ARC for Private Clouds, including:
 ● VM Customization Support
 ● Cloud-Init Support
 ● VMware Tools Install and Upgrade
 ● Support for Clusters, Datastores, Hosts, etc.
 ● Worked on various customer and internal issues, including critical Sev2 issues, ensuring timely resolution.
 ● Won multiple awards at Microsoft for delivering high-quality work.

𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲🚀
I am deeply passionate about:
 ●  Distributed Systems
 ●  Data Structures and Algorithms
 ●  System Design

I continuously apply this knowledge to both my current and previous projects, driving innovation and efficiency.

𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐂𝐚𝐟𝐞
I am the proud founder of 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐂𝐚𝐟𝐞, a comprehensive platform dedicated to tech interview preparation. Our mission is to provide continuous learning strategies and knowledge sharing for aspiring tech professionals.

𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫 📚🎤

 ● 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫 of "𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐥𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐦𝐬" and "𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬"

 ● 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫: Delivered talks at various colleges worldwide, sharing insights on technology and career development

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𝐉𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞: Participated as a judge in numerous global technical hackathons

𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧: Top news and digital platforms such as AajTak, Humans of Bombay, Economic Times, JoshTalks, and ABP News

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Over 450𝐊 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬 across all major social media platforms, where I share knowledge and engage with the tech community.

𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 👨‍🏫🌟

I actively mentor college students and tech professionals through:
 ● Scaler
 ● InterviewCafe

Helping them enhance their skills in Data Structures, Algorithms, and System Design.

𝐀𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬🎓🏅
 ● Master of Computer Applications from NIT Tiruchirappalli
 ● Secured 4th rank in the BHU MCA Entrance Exam
 ● Awarded multiple prizes in international-level technical events
 ● Certifications from AWS, Teradata, and VMware

Feel free to connect with me to discuss technology, innovation, or mentorship opportunities🌟

“Welcome to Microsoft!”
This message in my inbox changed my career ❤️

The most important thing that got me in → DSA. 
Here are 11 important DSA patterns I focused on:

→ Arrays and strings: frequency maps, sliding window, in-place edits
→ Two pointers: sorted arrays, substring windows, partitioning
→ Binary search: on index and on answer with feasibility checks
→ Bit manipulation: set and unset, subset masks, parity tricks
→ Linked list, stack, queue, BST: core operations and classic traps
→ Recursion and backtracking: subsets, permutations, N-Queens, Sudoku
→ Heaps and maps: k frequent, merging streams, simple schedulers
→ Dynamic programming: 1D and 2D, knapsack family, LIS, partitions
→ DP with bitmasking: subset states, TSP style transitions
→ Graphs: BFS, DFS, components, cycle checks, topological order
→ Shortest paths: Dijkstra, Bellman Ford, Floyd Warshall

Solving 100+ problems means nothing without understanding patterns, intuition, and logic. 
It took me years to build these skills, as I had no feedback or progress tracking. So, if you’re just starting out, don’t make the same mistake. 

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What makes it different: 
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There's also an Interview Mode where you solve problems on a timer, explain your approach, and get detailed feedback.
Worth trying if you're serious about DSA. ✨

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Santosh Kumar Mishra

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I got rejected by Google. 
I got rejected by Amazon.
I got rejected by Salesforce.
I got rejected by Facebook.
I got rejected by Goldman Sachs.

I even got rejected by my dream PBC Microsoft. 

And so, I had to do EVERYTHING all over again. 

→ I worked on my communication skills since I had to prep for SDE-2/3 interviews. 
→ I started topic and pattern wise prep for DSA and System Design
→ I fixed my resume and made sure it was ATS-friendly.
→ I sat in mock interviews to practice under real-time constraints
→ I made better connections and spoke to Senior SDEs that were already at a position I wanted to be at.

The change did not come easy but I had mentors throughout the process to guide me through the process and then it happened. 

My dream offer from Microsoft as an SDE-II.

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The lies I believed that delayed my FAANG dream by 2 years -
🚫 I need more development experience first
🚫 I should build more projects
🚫 FAANG only hires the best of the best

I watched others apply while I kept “preparing to prepare.”
All I had to do was focus on my DSA skills and actually practice like interviews work.
Not grinding 500 random problems. Not collecting LeetCode badges.

But understanding that:
✅ Your approach matters more than just the final answer
✅ Not all topics are equal - most questions come from trees, graphs, DP, binary search
✅ Even if you've seen the problem, explain your logic step-by-step - show understanding, not just memory

I didn't know this back then. Made these mistakes and failed many interviews. Eventually, I cleared Microsoft. But I see many engineers still stuck in the same loop I was in.

If you're preparing for FAANG now, tools like Leeco AI can help you avoid what I went through: https://lnkd.in/gXZNU2GE

It forces you to explain your approach while coding, guides you through brute → better → optimal, and focuses on high-frequency patterns instead of random grinding.

Has Interview Mode too - practice under timer with real-time feedback, just like actual FAANG rounds. ✅

FAANG interviews are not just about solving problems. They’re about showing how you think. Leeco trains you to do exactly that. So, give it a shot!

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Interviewing for the SDE-2 role at Microsoft 4 yrs ago was one of the most challenging experiences of my career…

But it was also one of the most rewarding ones. Here’s how the process went 👇

🔹 Round 1: Online Coding (90 mins)
→ Two questions were asked, one based on the KMP algorithm for pattern searching, & another on Valid Sudoku.

I remembered the KMP approach & implemented it quickly, but the second one tested my ability to handle constraints efficiently.

🔹 Round 2: DSA + Optimization (Video Call)
→ 2 more coding questions, Sorted Matrix and Container With Most Water.

I solved both, but for the matrix one, I initially gave an N×NlogN solution; they pushed me for an optimized version, which made the round interesting.

🔹 Round 3: Low-Level Design (LLD)
→ Task: Design an online chess game.

This round tested design thinking, not just coding. I structured classes, handled moves, and discussed edge cases like undo/redo and multiplayer sessions.

🔹 Round 4: Technical + Culture Fit
→ Taken by a Director-level engineer, focused on my past projects, decisions I made, and challenges faced.

They wanted to see how I approached real-world engineering problems, not just theory.

🔹 Round 5: HR + Team Fit
Mostly scenario-based questions: how I handle conflict, leadership mindset, and long-term goals.

When results came, I got selected for their SDE-1 role instead!

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I cracked 40+ interview calls and 10+ offers by fixing just 1 thing → My Resume 🚀

When I began applying as an SDE, I kept seeing:
❌ CV not shortlisted
❌ Rejection mails piling up

It wasn’t about lack of skills, it was about how I positioned them.

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