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Hardware Engineer Interview Experience - Seattle, Washington

November 1, 2018
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I applied online and received a call for a first-round interview. Then, I flew to Seattle for an on-site interview. The travel was pleasant. I had a tour of the company's visitor center and ate at the cafeteria. Following that, there were four rounds of interviews, some technical and some not. They told us we should hear back about our results in two weeks.

They did not get back to me for eight weeks. I had to inform them that I had an offer from another company when they finally responded with a rejection letter.

Throughout the process, the recruiter responded to emails within a day or two. Some people who had the same interview heard back with a rejection letter in a week, while others, like me, hadn't heard back for almost two months. I'm not sure why it needs to take this unnecessarily long amount of time just for a rejection letter. I would have given a thumbs up for this review only if they had gotten back to me within their promised timeframe. It was a poor way of treating their candidates.

Questions

Lots of circuits questions and behavioral questions.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 7 interview experiences for the Microsoft Hardware Engineer role in Seattle, Washington.

Success Rate

14%
Pass Rate

Microsoft's interview process for their Hardware Engineer roles in Seattle, Washington is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive57%
Neutral29%
Negative14%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Microsoft's Hardware Engineer interview process in Seattle, Washington.

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