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Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) Interview Experience - Bellevue, Washington

October 1, 2009
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I had one phone interview with a developer who asked about reversing a string. A few weeks later, I had an on-campus interview.

There, I participated in five interviews with five different testers and team members. I was asked both testing and coding questions.

  • The first interview was with a tester who asked me to test a safety card hanging on the wall.
  • During the next interview, I was asked a linked list question and coded on a whiteboard.
  • The third interview was a lunch interview. The interviewer seemed to be in a hurry, as he asked me two easy coding questions before heading to lunch, which made me more nervous.
  • The fourth interview involved a higher-level question about a 12-sided die and how many colors it took to color it.
  • The last interview was with a tester who asked a few 'get to know you' questions, including why I should be hired.

Overall, it was a good experience.

Questions

Test a safety card.

Write an algorithm to pick the mayor of a town.

There is a random number that is chosen, and every nth person on the list is deleted until the mayor is chosen.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 7 interview experiences for the Microsoft Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) role in Bellevue, Washington.

Success Rate

43%
Pass Rate

Microsoft's interview process for their Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) roles in Bellevue, Washington is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive86%
Neutral14%
Negative0%

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

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