Software Development Engineer II Interview Experience - India
June 2, 2013
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer
Process
The first round of the interview was telephonic. The interviewer asked me these questions:
- Why do you want to join Microsoft?
- How do you check if two linked lists meet or not?
- How do you find the common node of a linked list?
- What is the complexity of the algorithm that you applied to solve this question?
Questions
The interview was simple. There were no unexpected questions.
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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
5.0
Great Company, Bad Management
Software Development Engineer II • Former Employee
Hyderābād, Telangana, India
January 19, 2013
Pros: Awesome company to work for. Decent salary. Very good work-life balance. Really intelligent people, and a very employee-friendly company.
Cons: The Indian senior management is very bad. There is almost a lot of politics in the system, and it's too slow. The blame game is very rampant. Not much good work is happening in India.
4.0
Service Engineer II
Software Development Engineer II • Current Employee
Redmond, Washington, United States
August 9, 2016
Pros: Salary, benefits, PTO, breadth of products.
Cons: If you have a bad review in your past, it is like a scarlet letter, regardless of how well the other reviews went.
2.0
Come and stay a while! We'll make you into a paycheck-collecting cog, no matter how much fire you have in you!
Software Development Engineer II • Current Employee
Redmond, Washington, United States
October 20, 2010
Pros: * You get to see how many world-class products are built.
* The salary and benefits are good enough that you don't worry about survival too much.
* Seattle is a great place to live.
Cons: Now that Bill Gates is gone, so has the passion.
A lot of politics to deal with if you want career progression past goon-level.
The salary and benefits are not the greatest anymore, and they are getting worse.
People working there are depressed or manic, and it's contagious.
Nothing you build today will be as cool as the stuff they used to make in their heyday.
- 5.0Great Company, Bad ManagementSoftware Development Engineer II • Former EmployeeHyderābād, Telangana, IndiaJanuary 19, 2013Pros: Awesome company to work for. Decent salary. Very good work-life balance. Really intelligent people, and a very employee-friendly company.Cons: The Indian senior management is very bad. There is almost a lot of politics in the system, and it's too slow. The blame game is very rampant. Not much good work is happening in India.
- 4.0Service Engineer IISoftware Development Engineer II • Current EmployeeRedmond, Washington, United StatesAugust 9, 2016Pros: Salary, benefits, PTO, breadth of products.Cons: If you have a bad review in your past, it is like a scarlet letter, regardless of how well the other reviews went.
- 2.0Come and stay a while! We'll make you into a paycheck-collecting cog, no matter how much fire you have in you!Software Development Engineer II • Current EmployeeRedmond, Washington, United StatesOctober 20, 2010Pros: * You get to see how many world-class products are built. * The salary and benefits are good enough that you don't worry about survival too much. * Seattle is a great place to live.Cons: Now that Bill Gates is gone, so has the passion. A lot of politics to deal with if you want career progression past goon-level. The salary and benefits are not the greatest anymore, and they are getting worse. People working there are depressed or manic, and it's contagious. Nothing you build today will be as cool as the stuff they used to make in their heyday.
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