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Software Development Engineer II Interview Experience - Seattle, Washington

April 1, 2012
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I had one phone interview and then an in-office interview.

On the phone, I described my experience and was asked one simple technical question, which I answered.

After a week, I received an offer for an interview. I had two one-on-one talks, with a total of three questions. I answered two of them.

Questions

Questions from a phone interview:

  • How to make a queue using a stack container?

  • How many PCs do you need to keep maps in memory for a project like Google Maps? You can ask for all the numbers you need.

  • You are given an array with integers (both positive and negative) in any random order. Find the sub-array with the largest sum.

  • Consider n people with random birthdays. How large does n need to be before there is at least a 50% chance that two people have the same birthday?

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 6 interview experiences for the Microsoft Software Development Engineer II role in Seattle, Washington.

Success Rate

33%
Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive50%
Neutral17%
Negative33%

Candidates reported having good feelings for Microsoft's Software Development Engineer II interview process in Seattle, Washington.

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