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Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience - Bengaluru, India

February 1, 2019
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Screening: They invited about 10 people on a weekday at 9 in the morning and handed over a sheet of paper containing two programming questions to be solved in one hour. The questions were at easy and medium difficulty levels.

1st, 2nd round: Standard algorithmic questions.

3rd, 4th round: Design messenger, online book reader.

Positives:

  • Some interviewers were polite and intelligent.
  • Timely feedback after each interview.

Negatives:

  • The role and the team to be hired for wasn't clear, even until the hiring manager round. They just said it would be under the Office 365 umbrella, but there are tens of teams that could fit. It wasn't even clear if the role was backend or client-side. They said I would find out when I joined. They need to understand that this is unacceptable for anyone with industry experience.
  • A lot of waiting. They asked us to arrive at 9 but didn't start before 10. The whole day was wasted in the process without any meaningful takeaway.

Questions

Design messenger, online book reader

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 15 interview experiences for the Microsoft Senior Software Engineer role in Bengaluru, Karnataka.

Success Rate

20%
Pass Rate

Microsoft's interview process for their Senior Software Engineer roles in Bengaluru, Karnataka is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive47%
Neutral27%
Negative27%

Candidates reported having good feelings for Microsoft's Senior Software Engineer interview process in Bengaluru, Karnataka.

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