Microsoft

Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience - New Delhi, India

July 1, 2017

Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Most horrible interview experience I ever had!!!

The interviewers need code that they know. Any deviation from that will lead to rejection.

They won't tell you what is wrong and won't provide any feedback.

Questions

Rearrange odd and even integers in an array.

Remove duplicates in a string.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 5 interview experiences for the Microsoft Senior Software Engineer role in New Delhi, India.

Success Rate

0%

Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive20%

Neutral0%

Negative80%

Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Microsoft's Senior Software Engineer interview process in New Delhi, India.

Microsoft Work Experiences

Motivated But Underpaid

Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee

London, England, United Kingdom

Pros: Motivated environment with an excellent atmosphere.

Cons: Pretty much underpaid, especially for base salary.

Motivated But Underpaid

Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee

London, England, United Kingdom

Pros: Motivated environment with an excellent atmosphere.

Cons: Pretty much underpaid, especially for base salary.

Senior Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

Sunnyvale, California, United States

Pros: Competitive pay, great benefits, talented coworkers, in a professional and diverse environment. They give you all the tools you need to do your job, both technical as well as non-technical.

Cons: Silicon Valley is not their main HQ, so it sometimes gets a little neglected. You're not going to get filthy rich working for MS, as they're not a startup. Sometimes, you can feel like a small cog in a big machine.

Senior Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

Sunnyvale, California, United States

Pros: Competitive pay, great benefits, talented coworkers, in a professional and diverse environment. They give you all the tools you need to do your job, both technical as well as non-technical.

Cons: Silicon Valley is not their main HQ, so it sometimes gets a little neglected. You're not going to get filthy rich working for MS, as they're not a startup. Sometimes, you can feel like a small cog in a big machine.

Overall good experience

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

Pros: Work-life balance is good.

Cons: The HR department is irresponsible and careless. I had to suffer a lot during the onboarding process.

Overall good experience

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

Pros: Work-life balance is good.

Cons: The HR department is irresponsible and careless. I had to suffer a lot during the onboarding process.

Motivated But Underpaid

Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee

London, England, United Kingdom

Pros: Motivated environment with an excellent atmosphere.

Cons: Pretty much underpaid, especially for base salary.

2.0
Motivated But Underpaid
Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee
London, England, United Kingdom
April 16, 2024
Pros: Motivated environment with an excellent atmosphere.
Cons: Pretty much underpaid, especially for base salary.

Senior Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

Sunnyvale, California, United States

Pros: Competitive pay, great benefits, talented coworkers, in a professional and diverse environment. They give you all the tools you need to do your job, both technical as well as non-technical.

Cons: Silicon Valley is not their main HQ, so it sometimes gets a little neglected. You're not going to get filthy rich working for MS, as they're not a startup. Sometimes, you can feel like a small cog in a big machine.

5.0
Senior Software Engineer
Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee
Sunnyvale, California, United States
June 22, 2018
Pros: Competitive pay, great benefits, talented coworkers, in a professional and diverse environment. They give you all the tools you need to do your job, both technical as well as non-technical.
Cons: Silicon Valley is not their main HQ, so it sometimes gets a little neglected. You're not going to get filthy rich working for MS, as they're not a startup. Sometimes, you can feel like a small cog in a big machine.

Overall good experience

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

Pros: Work-life balance is good.

Cons: The HR department is irresponsible and careless. I had to suffer a lot during the onboarding process.

4.0
Overall good experience
Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee
Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
May 9, 2020
Pros: Work-life balance is good.
Cons: The HR department is irresponsible and careless. I had to suffer a lot during the onboarding process.

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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