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Software Developer Interview Experience

November 1, 2012
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

HR called me. Since I was local, instead of a phone screen, she arranged for me to come on-site. I talked to two hiring group leads. One proceeded for a real on-site interview.

The on-site interview took almost two weeks to schedule (by someone else). I was supposed to meet three people. The person I was supposed to meet at the reception desk didn't come. I talked to the two who came to meet me. Both were super nice. We talked for about 15 minutes, then I was given a problem to think about.

An hour later, two of them came and asked if I had any questions. After lunch, I discussed my solution/ideas with them separately. They both seemed to like my ideas (two of which they hadn't thought of). It seems all went exceedingly well so far.

Then came three 1-on-1 interviews with whiteboard coding. I didn't do well on any of them.

Two weeks later, after I contacted HR and was given a schedule when I could talk to her, she told me no.

Questions

  1. An 2-dimensional image. Transpose each bit (i.e., swap X-Y in bits), and repackage them into bytes for storage.

  2. A scrapbook scenario with linked image and text.

  3. In-order binary tree traversal.

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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.

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