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Software Development Engineer Interview Experience - Dublin, Ireland

February 1, 2010
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

After A sent the resume, someone from the HR department contacted me by email.

They sent me a link to two problems. Whenever you click the link, a timer is launched on their side, and they expect you to send the solutions within two hours.

After this step, there was a technical phone interview which lasted about one hour. It was very technical, covering C++, algorithms, and design.

Then they scheduled a series of phone/Skype/webcam interviews. I had three such interviews during one day, all of which were very technical. They asked me to write code and send it via Skype or email. Again, the focus was on C++, algorithms, and designing distributed, fault-tolerant systems.

Questions

Design a large-scale, distributed, and fault-tolerant client-server system.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 10 interview experiences for the Microsoft Software Development Engineer role in Dublin, Ireland.

Success Rate

50%
Pass Rate

Microsoft's interview process for their Software Development Engineer roles in Dublin, Ireland is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive80%
Neutral20%
Negative0%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Microsoft's Software Development Engineer interview process in Dublin, Ireland.

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