Microsoft

Software Developer Interview Experience

August 1, 2011

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Submitted resume at a career fair and was invited to interview on campus.

Questions

Write get and put functions for a circular buffer.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 332 interview experiences for the Microsoft Software Developer role.

Success Rate

14%

Pass Rate

Microsoft's interview process for their Software Developer roles is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive56%

Neutral35%

Negative9%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Microsoft's Software Developer interview process.

Microsoft Work Experiences

Good Pay, Culture Overwork

Software Developer • Current Employee

September 8, 2022

Pros: Competitive pay. Tons of opportunities to switch projects once you establish yourself.

Cons: There is a culture of overwork.

Good Pay, Culture Overwork

Software Developer • Current Employee

September 8, 2022

Pros: Competitive pay. Tons of opportunities to switch projects once you establish yourself.

Cons: There is a culture of overwork.

Conflicting Staff, Food, Pay

Software Developer • Current Employee

Pros: Friendly staff. Good salary. Good food.

Cons: Bad staff. Bad salary. Bad food.

Conflicting Staff, Food, Pay

Software Developer • Current Employee

Pros: Friendly staff. Good salary. Good food.

Cons: Bad staff. Bad salary. Bad food.

Great Place for Work-Life Balance

Software Developer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: Excellent benefits, low-stress. Great people, managers are typically good at managing teams. Depending on the manager, you can get good recognition if you go out of the way to contribute more than what is expected (and what is expected is actually very basic).

Cons: If you're looking for something exciting and cutting-edge, Microsoft is probably not the place. It's a big company with a defined hierarchy, and it can be hard to feel like you're making an innovative contribution. Management, for the most part, is looking for and expecting code monkeys.

Great Place for Work-Life Balance

Software Developer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: Excellent benefits, low-stress. Great people, managers are typically good at managing teams. Depending on the manager, you can get good recognition if you go out of the way to contribute more than what is expected (and what is expected is actually very basic).

Cons: If you're looking for something exciting and cutting-edge, Microsoft is probably not the place. It's a big company with a defined hierarchy, and it can be hard to feel like you're making an innovative contribution. Management, for the most part, is looking for and expecting code monkeys.

Good Pay, Culture Overwork

Software Developer • Current Employee

September 8, 2022

Pros: Competitive pay. Tons of opportunities to switch projects once you establish yourself.

Cons: There is a culture of overwork.

4.0
Good Pay, Culture Overwork
Software Developer • Current Employee
September 8, 2022
Pros: Competitive pay. Tons of opportunities to switch projects once you establish yourself.
Cons: There is a culture of overwork.

Conflicting Staff, Food, Pay

Software Developer • Current Employee

Pros: Friendly staff. Good salary. Good food.

Cons: Bad staff. Bad salary. Bad food.

5.0
Conflicting Staff, Food, Pay
Software Developer • Current Employee
March 18, 2024
Pros: Friendly staff. Good salary. Good food.
Cons: Bad staff. Bad salary. Bad food.

Great Place for Work-Life Balance

Software Developer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: Excellent benefits, low-stress. Great people, managers are typically good at managing teams. Depending on the manager, you can get good recognition if you go out of the way to contribute more than what is expected (and what is expected is actually very basic).

Cons: If you're looking for something exciting and cutting-edge, Microsoft is probably not the place. It's a big company with a defined hierarchy, and it can be hard to feel like you're making an innovative contribution. Management, for the most part, is looking for and expecting code monkeys.

4.0
Great Place for Work-Life Balance
Software Developer • Current Employee
Redmond, Washington, United States
July 7, 2012
Pros: Excellent benefits, low-stress. Great people, managers are typically good at managing teams. Depending on the manager, you can get good recognition if you go out of the way to contribute more than what is expected (and what is expected is actually very basic).
Cons: If you're looking for something exciting and cutting-edge, Microsoft is probably not the place. It's a big company with a defined hierarchy, and it can be hard to feel like you're making an innovative contribution. Management, for the most part, is looking for and expecting code monkeys.

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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