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Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience - Seattle, Washington

September 22, 2025
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The process is very straightforward.

HR reaches out, schedules a call, and an interview.

The initial interviews involve general experience-related questions and easy to medium LeetCode problems. The final rounds include semi-hard problems.

The first round was with two different people at different times.

The final round was long and involved three to four different people, each asking a medium to hard problem.

Questions

The "island type" problem was the hardest one.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 21 interview experiences for the Microsoft Senior Software Engineer role in Seattle, Washington.

Success Rate

29%
Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive52%
Neutral14%
Negative33%

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

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