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Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) Interview Experience - Ames, Iowa

November 1, 2010

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I received an email from them asking me for my free time on two specific dates when they were coming to campus. The staffing specialist was prompt and gave me the interview schedule. My interview started at 9:30 AM and went on until 10:00 AM. The interview went pretty well. I was asked about my previous projects and why I wanted to work at Microsoft.

Questions

Why Microsoft and not some company like Honeywell?

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Interview Statistics

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Microsoft's interview process for their Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) roles in Ames, Iowa is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

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Candidates reported having very good feelings for Microsoft's Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) interview process in Ames, Iowa.

Microsoft Work Experiences

Awesome place to work

Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) • Current Employee

Hyderābād, Telangana, India

August 14, 2012

Pros: Freedom, work-life balance, campus.

Cons: The manager has full control over you.

Awesome place to work

Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) • Current Employee

Hyderābād, Telangana, India

August 14, 2012

Pros: Freedom, work-life balance, campus.

Cons: The manager has full control over you.

Cool Tech, Windows Bureaucracy

Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: Cool technology and internal tooling

Cons: You have to really enjoy bureaucracy to work on a team like Windows.

Cool Tech, Windows Bureaucracy

Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: Cool technology and internal tooling

Cons: You have to really enjoy bureaucracy to work on a team like Windows.

A better place to work than you've heard

Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) • Former Employee

Seattle, Washington, United States

August 19, 2009

Pros: Extremely good benefits. Access to internal resources for help, technology, and future software versions. Lots of career development directions and options. Can transfer internally to a wide variety of teams working on different products (sort of like a job change, but without losing your seniority). Capable management and an excellent financial and competitive position keeps the company solid.

Cons: Low-level management communication and leadership ability can vary a lot from team to team. The company can be erratic about the investments it makes. Projects or teams can be acquired or developed and then cancelled with limited concern for the investment or the people involved. It can seem big and impersonal at times.

A better place to work than you've heard

Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) • Former Employee

Seattle, Washington, United States

August 19, 2009

Pros: Extremely good benefits. Access to internal resources for help, technology, and future software versions. Lots of career development directions and options. Can transfer internally to a wide variety of teams working on different products (sort of like a job change, but without losing your seniority). Capable management and an excellent financial and competitive position keeps the company solid.

Cons: Low-level management communication and leadership ability can vary a lot from team to team. The company can be erratic about the investments it makes. Projects or teams can be acquired or developed and then cancelled with limited concern for the investment or the people involved. It can seem big and impersonal at times.

Awesome place to work

Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) • Current Employee

Hyderābād, Telangana, India

August 14, 2012

Pros: Freedom, work-life balance, campus.

Cons: The manager has full control over you.

4.0
Awesome place to work
Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) • Current Employee
Hyderābād, Telangana, India
August 14, 2012
Pros: Freedom, work-life balance, campus.
Cons: The manager has full control over you.

Cool Tech, Windows Bureaucracy

Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: Cool technology and internal tooling

Cons: You have to really enjoy bureaucracy to work on a team like Windows.

2.0
Cool Tech, Windows Bureaucracy
Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) • Current Employee
Redmond, Washington, United States
July 20, 2012
Pros: Cool technology and internal tooling
Cons: You have to really enjoy bureaucracy to work on a team like Windows.

A better place to work than you've heard

Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) • Former Employee

Seattle, Washington, United States

August 19, 2009

Pros: Extremely good benefits. Access to internal resources for help, technology, and future software versions. Lots of career development directions and options. Can transfer internally to a wide variety of teams working on different products (sort of like a job change, but without losing your seniority). Capable management and an excellent financial and competitive position keeps the company solid.

Cons: Low-level management communication and leadership ability can vary a lot from team to team. The company can be erratic about the investments it makes. Projects or teams can be acquired or developed and then cancelled with limited concern for the investment or the people involved. It can seem big and impersonal at times.

4.0
A better place to work than you've heard
Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) • Former Employee
Seattle, Washington, United States
August 19, 2009
Pros: Extremely good benefits. Access to internal resources for help, technology, and future software versions. Lots of career development directions and options. Can transfer internally to a wide variety of teams working on different products (sort of like a job change, but without losing your seniority). Capable management and an excellent financial and competitive position keeps the company solid.
Cons: Low-level management communication and leadership ability can vary a lot from team to team. The company can be erratic about the investments it makes. Projects or teams can be acquired or developed and then cancelled with limited concern for the investment or the people involved. It can seem big and impersonal at times.

Microsoft Interview Questions

Minimum Edge Reversals So Every Node Is Reachable

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.

GraphsDynamic Programming

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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