Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience - Redmond, Washington
Process
Conducted five phone interviews with the complete hierarchy above.
All interviews focused on design and customer experience.
Asked about customer situations in the field and troubleshooting experience.
Shared understanding of support escalation paths.
Questions
What were the complicated issues you were facing with software X?
A problem was described to filter big streams of data. The ask was to create pseudocode in Notepad while sharing the screen.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 24 interview experiences for the Microsoft Senior Software Engineer role in Redmond, Washington.
Success Rate
Microsoft's interview process for their Senior Software Engineer roles in Redmond, Washington is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Microsoft's Senior Software Engineer interview process in Redmond, Washington.
Microsoft Work Experiences
- 3.0Senior Software EngineerSenior Software Engineer • Former EmployeeRedmond, Washington, United StatesDecember 28, 2017Pros: Salary was high. Time off was good. Charitable contribution matching is awesome. Office space and technology were good. There was definite improvement in the vision and vibe under Satya.Cons: Continual decrease in health benefits. Office division pushed the QA team into development tasks that made poorer use of existing skills and passion, leading to a loss of QA talent in the organization.
- 4.0Nice place to workSenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeRedmond, Washington, United StatesMay 11, 2021Pros: The tech stack is fun to work with.Cons: We have a pool of incompetent leads.
- 5.0Best company even for the Covid-19 quarantineSenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeRedmond, Washington, United StatesNovember 17, 2020Pros: Diversity and Inclusion. The culture is great.Cons: You may need to handle 20+ years old legacy.
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