Software Development Engineer Interview Experience - Bengaluru, India
Process
Microsoft visited the campus for recruitment.
Round 1: Online test on CoCubes. 3 problems, 75 minutes.
Round 2: Group Coding round. 2 questions. A group of about 8 people are assigned a mentor. Discuss the question and approach, and write working code on paper.
Round 3 & 4: Interviews. 2 coding problems. They expect proper working code for the most optimal solutions.
Round 5: OS, Linux, C questions. Resume-based questions.
Questions
Remove duplicates from a string in place, preserving the order of original characters. Expected linear time and constant space.
Find a pair from an array of numbers that add up to a given sum. Expected linear time and linear space.
Given a string, find the minimum number of characters you need to insert to make it a palindrome. DP problem.
Design a data structure to store key-value pairs. It should support get(key), put(key, val), delete(key), and getRandom(key). All operations should take constant time.
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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
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
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Microsoft's Software Development Engineer interview process in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
Microsoft Work Experiences
- 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.
- 4.0Consistently Good, No IssuesSoftware Development Engineer • Current EmployeeBengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaJuly 7, 2021Pros: Good. Good. Good. Good. Good.Cons: NA. There are no cons here.
- 5.0Overall Awesome, Needs ImprovementSoftware Development Engineer • Former EmployeeBengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaFebruary 9, 2024Pros: Good Excellent Wow Awesome PerfectCons: Ok, good. We can go join.
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