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Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience - Dublin, Ireland

February 21, 2024

Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Initially, I had a call with recruiters. They asked me about my experience, availability, and visa status.

Then, I received a link to a Codility test with two questions of equal importance, followed by a technical interview.

The Codility test had two questions: one related to dynamic programming and the other related to arrays.

Questions

Codility test and then technical interview

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 13 interview experiences for the Microsoft Senior Software Engineer role in Dublin, Ireland.

Success Rate

15%

Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive54%

Neutral23%

Negative23%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Microsoft's Senior Software Engineer interview process in Dublin, Ireland.

Microsoft Work Experiences

Tech giant that gives you what you'd expect

Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: Excellent benefits and opportunities to network. Plenty of supportive teams who value diverse backgrounds and experiences to work for. Challenging technical problems — a real good place to get your start.

Cons: Big organizations with an entrenched culture of competition (not collaboration) and aging products make it difficult or impossible to make change for the better, depending on where and who you are. It’s changing, and it was changing for all my years there, but the process is slow and disheartening. Some attitudes and codebases will never change.

Tech giant that gives you what you'd expect

Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: Excellent benefits and opportunities to network. Plenty of supportive teams who value diverse backgrounds and experiences to work for. Challenging technical problems — a real good place to get your start.

Cons: Big organizations with an entrenched culture of competition (not collaboration) and aging products make it difficult or impossible to make change for the better, depending on where and who you are. It’s changing, and it was changing for all my years there, but the process is slow and disheartening. Some attitudes and codebases will never change.

Great Tech, Perfect Balance

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: Great Tech, Work-Life Balance.

Cons: I've not observed anything yet.

Great Tech, Perfect Balance

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: Great Tech, Work-Life Balance.

Cons: I've not observed anything yet.

Great place to be

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

Prague, Czech Republic

Pros: Inclusivity, money, interesting work, and great possibilities to change jobs internally.

Cons: If you get to a boring maintenance team, it might be annoying.

Great place to be

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

Prague, Czech Republic

Pros: Inclusivity, money, interesting work, and great possibilities to change jobs internally.

Cons: If you get to a boring maintenance team, it might be annoying.

Tech giant that gives you what you'd expect

Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: Excellent benefits and opportunities to network. Plenty of supportive teams who value diverse backgrounds and experiences to work for. Challenging technical problems — a real good place to get your start.

Cons: Big organizations with an entrenched culture of competition (not collaboration) and aging products make it difficult or impossible to make change for the better, depending on where and who you are. It’s changing, and it was changing for all my years there, but the process is slow and disheartening. Some attitudes and codebases will never change.

3.0
Tech giant that gives you what you'd expect
Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee
Redmond, Washington, United States
July 30, 2018
Pros: Excellent benefits and opportunities to network. Plenty of supportive teams who value diverse backgrounds and experiences to work for. Challenging technical problems — a real good place to get your start.
Cons: Big organizations with an entrenched culture of competition (not collaboration) and aging products make it difficult or impossible to make change for the better, depending on where and who you are. It’s changing, and it was changing for all my years there, but the process is slow and disheartening. Some attitudes and codebases will never change.

Great Tech, Perfect Balance

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: Great Tech, Work-Life Balance.

Cons: I've not observed anything yet.

5.0
Great Tech, Perfect Balance
Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee
May 16, 2023
Pros: Great Tech, Work-Life Balance.
Cons: I've not observed anything yet.

Great place to be

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

Prague, Czech Republic

Pros: Inclusivity, money, interesting work, and great possibilities to change jobs internally.

Cons: If you get to a boring maintenance team, it might be annoying.

5.0
Great place to be
Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee
Prague, Czech Republic
June 22, 2021
Pros: Inclusivity, money, interesting work, and great possibilities to change jobs internally.
Cons: If you get to a boring maintenance team, it might be annoying.

Microsoft Interview Questions

Minimum Edge Reversals So Every Node Is Reachable

You're given a directed graph. Determine the minimum number of edges you need to reverse so that every node becomes reachable from node 0.

GraphsDynamic Programming

Two Sum

Find two numbers in a given array that add up to a specific target value, and return their indices. Essentially, you need to efficiently locate the pair that satisfies the sum requirement.

Valid Word

Determine if a given word is considered valid based on a specific set of rules or constraints. The goal is to check if the input string adheres to the specified validation criteria.

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