Microsoft

Software Developer Interview Experience - Redmond, Washington

January 1, 2020

Positive ExperienceNo Response

Process

The technical quiz asked me many hard questions related to software development and project management.

The call kept losing connection, but luckily the lady was friendly about it, and we continued the interview where we left off.

Overall, it was a difficult interview, but I made it to the next round despite not feeling like it had gone well.

Questions

Asked specific technical questions.

Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 27 interview experiences for the Microsoft Software Developer role in Redmond, Washington.

Success Rate

30%

Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive59%

Neutral30%

Negative11%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Microsoft's Software Developer interview process in Redmond, 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