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Software Development Engineer In Test Internship Interview Experience

January 13, 2014
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Process

I applied through the Microsoft career site for software development internships.

I had a campus interview that lasted only 30 minutes. It included resume questions, one easy/standard coding question (written on scratch paper), and me asking them questions.

Two weeks later, I was told I did not pass the first round. However, they were willing to fly me back if I was willing to interview for the SDET position.

During the onsite round, I interviewed with four people. They still asked me to write some code, plus a follow-up question: "How are you going to test it?"

Questions

The problems that I remember:

  1. Write a lock.
  2. How do you test a generator for random numbers?
  3. Write a data structure that can take input integers and keep track of the k largest of the numbers typed in so far.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the Microsoft Software Development Engineer In Test Internship role in United States.

Success Rate

50%
Pass Rate

Microsoft's interview process for their Software Development Engineer In Test Internship roles in the United States is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive50%
Neutral50%
Negative0%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Microsoft's Software Development Engineer In Test Internship interview process in United States.

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