Microsoft

Software Development Engineer Interview Experience - Adelaide, Australia

December 1, 2012

Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Submitting a resume at campus recruiting.

There are two stages:

Interviewing with one HR officer and one technical officer. Questions include:
- Why Microsoft?
- What makes good code/bad code?
- Your favorite coding languages
- Puzzles
More thorough technical interview in the final round.

Technical questions involve how you deal with problems while coding, arrays, and queue implementation.

Questions

How do you test a website?

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the Microsoft Software Development Engineer role in Adelaide, Australia.

Success Rate

0%

Pass Rate

Microsoft's interview process for their Software Development Engineer roles in Adelaide, Australia is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive0%

Neutral100%

Negative0%

Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Microsoft's Software Development Engineer interview process in Adelaide, Australia.

Microsoft Work Experiences

Good working environment

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: Nice benefits and perks all the time.

Cons: Too much politics in the workplace

Good working environment

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: Nice benefits and perks all the time.

Cons: Too much politics in the workplace

Consistently Good, No Issues

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Pros: Good. Good. Good. Good. Good.

Cons: NA. There are no cons here.

Consistently Good, No Issues

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Pros: Good. Good. Good. Good. Good.

Cons: NA. There are no cons here.

Good learnings, but no respect for innovation

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

February 10, 2010

Pros: - Good benefits, good benefits, good benefits. - Time-off is flexible and good, but that is because it is not a startup and no one really has a fire burning under their arses. Personally, I prefer driven people who drive hard and then after that play hard.

Cons: Innovation is stymied unless you have a degree to prove that you are capable of innovation. If you are a PhD, you can innovate during your regular work hours, and it is respected and time accounted for. If you are a Master's, forget innovation during regular work hours; you will have to work extra hours for that, and who wants to do that unless you are a crackhead scientist working for the betterment of humanity. Compensation is pretty bad compared to the industry, and promotions and raises are subject to your manager fighting for you with upper management. This won't happen if you get on the wrong side of your manager, say for personal reasons. So, there's no concept of peer reviews holding any water.

Good learnings, but no respect for innovation

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

February 10, 2010

Pros: - Good benefits, good benefits, good benefits. - Time-off is flexible and good, but that is because it is not a startup and no one really has a fire burning under their arses. Personally, I prefer driven people who drive hard and then after that play hard.

Cons: Innovation is stymied unless you have a degree to prove that you are capable of innovation. If you are a PhD, you can innovate during your regular work hours, and it is respected and time accounted for. If you are a Master's, forget innovation during regular work hours; you will have to work extra hours for that, and who wants to do that unless you are a crackhead scientist working for the betterment of humanity. Compensation is pretty bad compared to the industry, and promotions and raises are subject to your manager fighting for you with upper management. This won't happen if you get on the wrong side of your manager, say for personal reasons. So, there's no concept of peer reviews holding any water.

Good working environment

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: Nice benefits and perks all the time.

Cons: Too much politics in the workplace

3.0
Good working environment
Software Development Engineer • Current Employee
April 27, 2019
Pros: Nice benefits and perks all the time.
Cons: Too much politics in the workplace

Consistently Good, No Issues

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Pros: Good. Good. Good. Good. Good.

Cons: NA. There are no cons here.

4.0
Consistently Good, No Issues
Software Development Engineer • Current Employee
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
July 7, 2021
Pros: Good. Good. Good. Good. Good.
Cons: NA. There are no cons here.

Good learnings, but no respect for innovation

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

February 10, 2010

Pros: - Good benefits, good benefits, good benefits. - Time-off is flexible and good, but that is because it is not a startup and no one really has a fire burning under their arses. Personally, I prefer driven people who drive hard and then after that play hard.

Cons: Innovation is stymied unless you have a degree to prove that you are capable of innovation. If you are a PhD, you can innovate during your regular work hours, and it is respected and time accounted for. If you are a Master's, forget innovation during regular work hours; you will have to work extra hours for that, and who wants to do that unless you are a crackhead scientist working for the betterment of humanity. Compensation is pretty bad compared to the industry, and promotions and raises are subject to your manager fighting for you with upper management. This won't happen if you get on the wrong side of your manager, say for personal reasons. So, there's no concept of peer reviews holding any water.

2.0
Good learnings, but no respect for innovation
Software Development Engineer • Current Employee
Redmond, Washington, United States
February 10, 2010
Pros: - Good benefits, good benefits, good benefits. - Time-off is flexible and good, but that is because it is not a startup and no one really has a fire burning under their arses. Personally, I prefer driven people who drive hard and then after that play hard.
Cons: Innovation is stymied unless you have a degree to prove that you are capable of innovation. If you are a PhD, you can innovate during your regular work hours, and it is respected and time accounted for. If you are a Master's, forget innovation during regular work hours; you will have to work extra hours for that, and who wants to do that unless you are a crackhead scientist working for the betterment of humanity. Compensation is pretty bad compared to the industry, and promotions and raises are subject to your manager fighting for you with upper management. This won't happen if you get on the wrong side of your manager, say for personal reasons. So, there's no concept of peer reviews holding any water.

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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