Software Development Engineer II Interview Experience - India
February 2, 2015
Positive ExperienceGot Offer
Process
It was one of the most professional recruitment processes. It started with a telephonic round, and then the remaining process happened at their Hyderabad campus. I had four interviews in total, and the last one was with the Director of the unit.
Questions
The most difficult part was to design the rounds where I had to code and design a solution to a problem given by them.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 10 interview experiences for the Microsoft Software Development Engineer II role in India.
Success Rate
50%
Pass Rate
Microsoft's interview process for their Software Development Engineer II roles in India is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Positive70%
Neutral10%
Negative20%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Microsoft's Software Development Engineer II interview process in India.
Microsoft Work Experiences
4.0
Great company, outdated technology
Software Development Engineer II • Former Employee
Herzliya, Israel
April 22, 2016
Pros: Competitive salary
Great people
Pretty good work-life balance
Cons: - Very boring tasks; no interesting products are handled in Israel. If you really want to be successful in the company, you have to be at Redmond.
- Only using Microsoft technologies for development; lack of open-source community culture.
2.0
Microsoft is "old", development is not exciting or educating, and performance evaluation is simply unfair
Software Development Engineer II • Current Employee
Redmond, Washington, United States
June 18, 2008
Pros: Salaries are not bad compared to competitors.
Several different projects that you can work on.
Several different technologies that you can work on.
Very good internal training programs.
Cons: Promotions and performance reviews are unfair and mostly just political.
Not much innovative work is going on.
Projects are mostly "rewriting the old stuff for the sake of rewriting".
Several developers are not competent enough and write impossible-to-maintain code.
4.0
The biggest company available
Software Development Engineer II • Current Employee
Zelenograd, Russia
August 1, 2013
Pros: The company provides conditions that almost guarantee the future of the employee. It may not be that bright but is very stable.
Cons: It may happen that you will work on a very small piece of very small and unimportant software product, and it may take very long to get something more interesting.
- 4.0Great company, outdated technologySoftware Development Engineer II • Former EmployeeHerzliya, IsraelApril 22, 2016Pros: Competitive salary Great people Pretty good work-life balanceCons: - Very boring tasks; no interesting products are handled in Israel. If you really want to be successful in the company, you have to be at Redmond. - Only using Microsoft technologies for development; lack of open-source community culture.
- 2.0Microsoft is "old", development is not exciting or educating, and performance evaluation is simply unfairSoftware Development Engineer II • Current EmployeeRedmond, Washington, United StatesJune 18, 2008Pros: Salaries are not bad compared to competitors. Several different projects that you can work on. Several different technologies that you can work on. Very good internal training programs.Cons: Promotions and performance reviews are unfair and mostly just political. Not much innovative work is going on. Projects are mostly "rewriting the old stuff for the sake of rewriting". Several developers are not competent enough and write impossible-to-maintain code.
- 4.0The biggest company availableSoftware Development Engineer II • Current EmployeeZelenograd, RussiaAugust 1, 2013Pros: The company provides conditions that almost guarantee the future of the employee. It may not be that bright but is very stable.Cons: It may happen that you will work on a very small piece of very small and unimportant software product, and it may take very long to get something more interesting.
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