Microsoft

Software Development Engineer Interview Experience - College Station, Texas

September 1, 2016

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The interview was very casual, with no stress and formal clothes not necessary. A few simple behavioral questions were asked before the technical ones. The interviewer was helpful and seemed like a friend who was trying to get you through the interview.

Questions

Q: Binary trees, linked lists, and pretty much topics related to data structures.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Microsoft Software Development Engineer role in College Station, Texas.

Success Rate

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Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive100%

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Candidates reported having very good feelings for Microsoft's Software Development Engineer interview process in College Station, Texas.

Microsoft Work Experiences

A good place to learn

Software Development Engineer • Former Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: Extensive code reviews, good compensation, solving real-world problems, etc.

Cons: You are a small part of a big thing.

A good place to learn

Software Development Engineer • Former Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: Extensive code reviews, good compensation, solving real-world problems, etc.

Cons: You are a small part of a big thing.

Good Balance, Bad Micromanagement

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: Salary, perks, and smart colleagues. Lots of opportunities to grow. Good work-life balance.

Cons: Lots of micromanagement and politics.

Good Balance, Bad Micromanagement

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: Salary, perks, and smart colleagues. Lots of opportunities to grow. Good work-life balance.

Cons: Lots of micromanagement and politics.

The office organization provides a great work-life balance, with technical and political challenges

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

November 1, 2017

Pros: Can't beat the work-life balance with a low-stress environment, high brand recognition. Product audience means your work can have impact (if you can fight the technical and political challenges to make meaningful progress).

Cons: Deep hierarchy with not much variation in promotion velocity (people get awarded titles for tenure length). Employees tend to ignore emails from junior employees without impressive titles. Very political, high complacency, a lot of apathy and "rest and vest"ers.

The office organization provides a great work-life balance, with technical and political challenges

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

November 1, 2017

Pros: Can't beat the work-life balance with a low-stress environment, high brand recognition. Product audience means your work can have impact (if you can fight the technical and political challenges to make meaningful progress).

Cons: Deep hierarchy with not much variation in promotion velocity (people get awarded titles for tenure length). Employees tend to ignore emails from junior employees without impressive titles. Very political, high complacency, a lot of apathy and "rest and vest"ers.

A good place to learn

Software Development Engineer • Former Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: Extensive code reviews, good compensation, solving real-world problems, etc.

Cons: You are a small part of a big thing.

5.0
A good place to learn
Software Development Engineer • Former Employee
Redmond, Washington, United States
May 20, 2014
Pros: Extensive code reviews, good compensation, solving real-world problems, etc.
Cons: You are a small part of a big thing.

Good Balance, Bad Micromanagement

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: Salary, perks, and smart colleagues. Lots of opportunities to grow. Good work-life balance.

Cons: Lots of micromanagement and politics.

4.0
Good Balance, Bad Micromanagement
Software Development Engineer • Current Employee
Redmond, Washington, United States
April 14, 2015
Pros: Salary, perks, and smart colleagues. Lots of opportunities to grow. Good work-life balance.
Cons: Lots of micromanagement and politics.

The office organization provides a great work-life balance, with technical and political challenges

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

November 1, 2017

Pros: Can't beat the work-life balance with a low-stress environment, high brand recognition. Product audience means your work can have impact (if you can fight the technical and political challenges to make meaningful progress).

Cons: Deep hierarchy with not much variation in promotion velocity (people get awarded titles for tenure length). Employees tend to ignore emails from junior employees without impressive titles. Very political, high complacency, a lot of apathy and "rest and vest"ers.

4.0
The office organization provides a great work-life balance, with technical and political challenges
Software Development Engineer • Current Employee
Redmond, Washington, United States
November 1, 2017
Pros: Can't beat the work-life balance with a low-stress environment, high brand recognition. Product audience means your work can have impact (if you can fight the technical and political challenges to make meaningful progress).
Cons: Deep hierarchy with not much variation in promotion velocity (people get awarded titles for tenure length). Employees tend to ignore emails from junior employees without impressive titles. Very political, high complacency, a lot of apathy and "rest and vest"ers.

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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