Microsoft

Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience - Seattle, Washington

September 1, 2024

Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Called for an interview, which was mostly system design.

I received great feedback. They mentioned they didn't have many questions because I addressed all the potential weaknesses in the design they were looking for and that I would be hearing back soon.

After three weeks, I was ghosted. I received an automated email stating the position was no longer available, so I wasted my time on a ghost job.

Questions

Standard system design of a scalable application

Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 19 interview experiences for the Microsoft Senior Software Engineer role in Seattle, Washington.

Success Rate

32%

Pass Rate

Microsoft's interview process for their Senior Software Engineer roles in Seattle, Washington is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive53%

Neutral11%

Negative37%

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

Microsoft Interview Questions

Minimum Edge Reversals So Every Node Is Reachable

Hard

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

Easy

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.

ArraysStringsTwo Pointers

Valid Word

Easy

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.

Strings