Software Development Engineer Interview Experience - Bengaluru, India
January 1, 2012
Positive ExperienceGot Offer
Process
The interview process was smooth. They asked me to walk in on Saturday, but I could only manage to get one round done. They asked if I could wait longer or preferred coming again on Sunday. I chose to come again on Sunday.
I appeared for 4 rounds on Sunday and had an offer at the end.
Questions
Here's a list of tasks:
- Implement
tail <filename> -n - Implement a mobile phone contact list
- Implement a dictionary
- A few other questions that I don't remember
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 19 interview experiences for the Microsoft Software Development Engineer role in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
Success Rate
47%
Pass Rate
Microsoft's interview process for their Software Development Engineer roles in Bengaluru, Karnataka is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Positive79%
Neutral11%
Negative11%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Microsoft's Software Development Engineer interview process in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
Microsoft Work Experiences
4.0
Awesome Work, Partial Management
Software Development Engineer • Current Employee
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
July 7, 2013
Pros: Awesome place to work. Management is partial, and they need to focus on employee work satisfaction. Management is partial, and they need to focus on employee work satisfaction.
Cons: Management is partial and they need to focus on employee work satisfaction. Management is partial and they need to focus on employee work satisfaction. Management is partial and they need to focus on employee work satisfaction.
5.0
Awesome Work-life Balance
Software Development Engineer • Former Employee
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
July 22, 2019
Pros: Work life was awesome, given complete rest on weekends, with a good culture.
Cons: Sometimes there's too much load.
3.0
Software Engineer, Bangalore
Software Development Engineer • Current Employee
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
June 17, 2015
Pros: Work with the best minds. Good pay on industry standards.
The best in the industry.
Cons: Work-life balance could be bad, depending on the team.
Long role as an individual contributor due to two levels in each role.
Largely an individual contributor career path.
- 4.0Awesome Work, Partial ManagementSoftware Development Engineer • Current EmployeeBengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaJuly 7, 2013Pros: Awesome place to work. Management is partial, and they need to focus on employee work satisfaction. Management is partial, and they need to focus on employee work satisfaction.Cons: Management is partial and they need to focus on employee work satisfaction. Management is partial and they need to focus on employee work satisfaction. Management is partial and they need to focus on employee work satisfaction.
- 5.0Awesome Work-life BalanceSoftware Development Engineer • Former EmployeeBengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaJuly 22, 2019Pros: Work life was awesome, given complete rest on weekends, with a good culture.Cons: Sometimes there's too much load.
- 3.0Software Engineer, BangaloreSoftware Development Engineer • Current EmployeeBengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaJune 17, 2015Pros: Work with the best minds. Good pay on industry standards. The best in the industry.Cons: Work-life balance could be bad, depending on the team. Long role as an individual contributor due to two levels in each role. Largely an individual contributor career path.
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