Senior Swe Interview Experience - Redmond, Washington
April 14, 2025
Positive ExperienceNo Offer
Process
It's a pretty standard process, well described everywhere. The final 4-5 loops involve meeting with a person from each different crew.
It depends who will interview you and what your "soul match" is with the recruitment team.
Questions
It was a coding question about algorithms on my language, with multiple turns during my thinking process.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Microsoft Senior Swe role in Redmond, Washington.
Success Rate
0%
Pass Rate
Microsoft's interview process for their Senior Swe roles in Redmond, Washington is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Positive100%
Neutral0%
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Candidates reported having very good feelings for Microsoft's Senior Swe interview process in Redmond, Washington.
Microsoft Work Experiences
5.0
Good Value, Good Times
Senior Swe • Current Employee
Redmond, Washington, United States
September 8, 2024
Pros: Good value
Good quality
Good times
Cons: Not the best for free benefits.
3.0
Good Perks, Bad Leadership
Senior Swe • Former Employee
July 17, 2025
Pros: Good money, food, benefits, commute.
Cons: Management, leadership, salary, WLB, CEO.
3.0
Good for Resume, Not Great for Growth
Senior Swe • Former Employee
New York, New York, United States
April 20, 2025
Pros: - Top-tier name in the industry.
- Strong enterprise and government presence in the cloud space, offering significant moat.
- Azure DevOps is quite industry-forward and used for project management, development, and infrastructure/operations.
Cons: - HR is terrible.
- Processes have gotten worse after the Crowdstrike 2024 incident.
- A lot of corporate politics.
- Microsoft Teams.
- Devs are being thrown under the bus during current economic conditions.
- 5.0Good Value, Good TimesSenior Swe • Current EmployeeRedmond, Washington, United StatesSeptember 8, 2024Pros: Good value Good quality Good timesCons: Not the best for free benefits.
- 3.0Good Perks, Bad LeadershipSenior Swe • Former EmployeeJuly 17, 2025Pros: Good money, food, benefits, commute.Cons: Management, leadership, salary, WLB, CEO.
- 3.0Good for Resume, Not Great for GrowthSenior Swe • Former EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesApril 20, 2025Pros: - Top-tier name in the industry. - Strong enterprise and government presence in the cloud space, offering significant moat. - Azure DevOps is quite industry-forward and used for project management, development, and infrastructure/operations.Cons: - HR is terrible. - Processes have gotten worse after the Crowdstrike 2024 incident. - A lot of corporate politics. - Microsoft Teams. - Devs are being thrown under the bus during current economic conditions.
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