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Junior Software Engineer Interview Experience - Israel

August 1, 2021
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

First, a general interview:

  • General questions about you
  • Your view on programming
  • Explain recursion to a child
  • A simple puzzle

After that, two independent technical interviews. The length of each is one hour, but the second interviewer extended their portion to an hour and a half.

Questions

The questions:

  1. Puzzle: You have 9 stones with equal weight, but 1 is different. You have to find the different stone by weighing twice on a libra.
  2. Find a way in a maze.
  3. Bull's Eye game.
  4. Design an interface with low methods complexity.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 11 interview experiences for the Microsoft Junior Software Engineer role in Israel.

Success Rate

9%
Pass Rate

Microsoft's interview process for their Junior Software Engineer roles in Israel is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive73%
Neutral27%
Negative0%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Microsoft's Junior Software Engineer interview process in Israel.

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