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Software Development Engineer Interview Experience - Herzliya, Israel

May 1, 2015

Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

He briefly described the position for me: What are they doing? Which technology they work with, etc.

Then he asked me to talk about myself a little and describe a project I worked on, asking me a couple of questions about it.

After that, the interview began.

Questions

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 5 interview experiences for the Microsoft Software Development Engineer role in Herzliya, Israel.

Success Rate

20%

Pass Rate

Microsoft's interview process for their Software Development Engineer roles in Herzliya, Israel is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive60%

Neutral20%

Negative20%

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

Microsoft Work Experiences

Great place to work

Software Development Engineer • Former Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: Lots of opportunities to grow.

Cons: Highly competitive, teamwork may get compromised.

Great place to work

Software Development Engineer • Former Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: Lots of opportunities to grow.

Cons: Highly competitive, teamwork may get compromised.

Smart, Free, Comfortable Culture

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

October 3, 2013

Pros: A great company with a lot of intelligent people. The company gives its employees a lot of freedom and has a very comfortable culture. Employees get to do some really interesting things and learn a lot. Even as an intern, you are heard, and everyone, even the managers, are approachable.

Cons: I was not affected, but the stack ranking system is a thing everyone wants to get better. Even after working for one of the best technology companies in the world, people tend to tell you Microsoft is not doing that great in a particular product, and the product is not that great, and it hurts.

Smart, Free, Comfortable Culture

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

October 3, 2013

Pros: A great company with a lot of intelligent people. The company gives its employees a lot of freedom and has a very comfortable culture. Employees get to do some really interesting things and learn a lot. Even as an intern, you are heard, and everyone, even the managers, are approachable.

Cons: I was not affected, but the stack ranking system is a thing everyone wants to get better. Even after working for one of the best technology companies in the world, people tend to tell you Microsoft is not doing that great in a particular product, and the product is not that great, and it hurts.

Good place for software developers and managers

Software Development Engineer • Former Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

January 25, 2011

Pros: Work environment, opportunity to get technical experience, nice benefits. Good pay on management level.

Cons: A lot of management layers. Work scope is very narrow. Slow promotions. Large dependency on a direct manager, less team work. A lot of non-profitable projects. Much waste of money on unnecessary efforts in coordination within projects.

Good place for software developers and managers

Software Development Engineer • Former Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

January 25, 2011

Pros: Work environment, opportunity to get technical experience, nice benefits. Good pay on management level.

Cons: A lot of management layers. Work scope is very narrow. Slow promotions. Large dependency on a direct manager, less team work. A lot of non-profitable projects. Much waste of money on unnecessary efforts in coordination within projects.

Great place to work

Software Development Engineer • Former Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: Lots of opportunities to grow.

Cons: Highly competitive, teamwork may get compromised.

4.0
Great place to work
Software Development Engineer • Former Employee
Redmond, Washington, United States
May 23, 2012
Pros: Lots of opportunities to grow.
Cons: Highly competitive, teamwork may get compromised.

Smart, Free, Comfortable Culture

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

October 3, 2013

Pros: A great company with a lot of intelligent people. The company gives its employees a lot of freedom and has a very comfortable culture. Employees get to do some really interesting things and learn a lot. Even as an intern, you are heard, and everyone, even the managers, are approachable.

Cons: I was not affected, but the stack ranking system is a thing everyone wants to get better. Even after working for one of the best technology companies in the world, people tend to tell you Microsoft is not doing that great in a particular product, and the product is not that great, and it hurts.

5.0
Smart, Free, Comfortable Culture
Software Development Engineer • Current Employee
Redmond, Washington, United States
October 3, 2013
Pros: A great company with a lot of intelligent people. The company gives its employees a lot of freedom and has a very comfortable culture. Employees get to do some really interesting things and learn a lot. Even as an intern, you are heard, and everyone, even the managers, are approachable.
Cons: I was not affected, but the stack ranking system is a thing everyone wants to get better. Even after working for one of the best technology companies in the world, people tend to tell you Microsoft is not doing that great in a particular product, and the product is not that great, and it hurts.

Good place for software developers and managers

Software Development Engineer • Former Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

January 25, 2011

Pros: Work environment, opportunity to get technical experience, nice benefits. Good pay on management level.

Cons: A lot of management layers. Work scope is very narrow. Slow promotions. Large dependency on a direct manager, less team work. A lot of non-profitable projects. Much waste of money on unnecessary efforts in coordination within projects.

3.0
Good place for software developers and managers
Software Development Engineer • Former Employee
Redmond, Washington, United States
January 25, 2011
Pros: Work environment, opportunity to get technical experience, nice benefits. Good pay on management level.
Cons: A lot of management layers. Work scope is very narrow. Slow promotions. Large dependency on a direct manager, less team work. A lot of non-profitable projects. Much waste of money on unnecessary efforts in coordination within projects.

Microsoft Interview Questions

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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.

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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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