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Software Developer Interview Experience - Seattle, Washington

July 1, 2012
Negative ExperienceGot Offer

Process

Phone screen with HR regarding previous jobs and behavior questions.

Technical phone screening (over Skype).

Questions

Basic OS questions (threading/process).

Basic SQL question (joins).

One code question (reverse words on a string, with memory limitations – no use of complex object types), in C.

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Interview Statistics

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

Success Rate

10%
Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive48%
Neutral43%
Negative10%

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

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