Software Development Engineer Interview Experience - Canada
Process
It was a wonderful experience. I flew into the US for the interview, which took the whole day.
I was interviewed by three teams. Each team challenged me with different programming tasks on the whiteboard.
Questions
Team 1: Design the data model for an e-commerce system (I was a legend here).
Team 2: Clone a LinkedList with a random pointer in the language of your choice without using any inbuilt data structure (I messed up here!).
Team 3: Design a cache system (My coding was slow here with some bugs).
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 68 interview experiences for the Microsoft Software Development Engineer role in Canada.
Success Rate
Microsoft's interview process for their Software Development Engineer roles in Canada is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Microsoft's Software Development Engineer interview process in Canada.
Microsoft Work Experiences
- 2.0Don't join the Dynamics orgSoftware Development Engineer • Current EmployeeBellevue, Washington, United StatesFebruary 13, 2020Pros: If you have a family, Microsoft benefits are best in class for health insurance and 401k matching, among other reasons.Cons: The Dynamics org has tone-deaf management that no one trusts, due to their frequency of allowing retaliation to happen against their employees. In particular, the location of South Bellevue is poor, especially for lateral moves, as any sort of networking happens on their main Redmond campus.
- 4.0A Great Place To WorkSoftware Development Engineer • Current EmployeeRedmond, Washington, United StatesJune 7, 2010Pros: Excellent salary. Excellent benefits. Flexible hours. Very interesting work. Get to work with tons of other smart, talented people. Fun.Cons: Hours can be long. Stock price isn't moving at all. Products aren't as innovative as they used to be. Slow.
- 4.0Smart Team, Microsoft FocusSoftware Development Engineer • Current EmployeeRedmond, Washington, United StatesDecember 4, 2013Pros: Company filled with smart people, provides a good opportunity to learn things. It exposes you to very large-scale systems, giving a good understanding of scalability issues.Cons: Would be confined to Microsoft technologies, with very little exposure to open-source stuff.
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