Microsoft SDE-2 Loop: Four Rounds, Then Three Weeks of Recruiter Silence.

A candidate detailed a Microsoft SDE-2 full loop: four rounds, including a graph problem solved cleanly and an LLD round with a rude interviewer. Feeling good about most of it, the candidate then spent three weeks in recruiter silence, ending in a rejection with zero feedback. The posted takeaway: a friendly interviewer does not mean you passed.