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Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience - Canada

February 13, 2025
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I unfortunately had a very poor interview experience.

They took a full month to respond to my application and to give me a phone interview. The email they sent me had my name misspelled, which really showed their lack of care towards candidates.

The interview started well, as the interviewer was very friendly, but it all went downhill when the coding portion began. The interviewer kept micromanaging me while I was coding and would cut me off only a few lines into coding to discuss minor stylistic changes. They also had a hard time understanding my code because it didn't seem to match exactly the answer they had written down.

Overall, a very poor interviewing experience.

Questions

Question regarding linked lists and flattening nested linked lists.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 14 interview experiences for the Microsoft Senior Software Engineer role in Canada.

Success Rate

21%
Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive50%
Neutral21%
Negative29%

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

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