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Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) Interview Experience - Boulder, Colorado

February 1, 2014

Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I applied at a campus recruiting event and was contacted by HR within a week. They set up an in-person interview, a half-hour coding interview. I needed to write the code on paper.

Questions

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the Microsoft Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) role in Boulder, Colorado.

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Pass Rate

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

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Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Microsoft's Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) interview process in Boulder, Colorado.

Microsoft Work Experiences

Great peers, so-so managers, and a stifling bureaucratic culture that eats its young gleefully

Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: Gold-plated health care Decent initial pay Good benefits all-around

Cons: Pitiful raises. Poor management feedback and awareness of individuals' contributions. Ten percent of employees get thrown under the bus every annual review. The review system encourages back-stabbing and discourages teamwork. Poor work-life balance. Some groups have sweat-shop hours. The company seems to regard most employees as liabilities rather than assets.

Great peers, so-so managers, and a stifling bureaucratic culture that eats its young gleefully

Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: Gold-plated health care Decent initial pay Good benefits all-around

Cons: Pitiful raises. Poor management feedback and awareness of individuals' contributions. Ten percent of employees get thrown under the bus every annual review. The review system encourages back-stabbing and discourages teamwork. Poor work-life balance. Some groups have sweat-shop hours. The company seems to regard most employees as liabilities rather than assets.

Consider suing Apple for their mendacious ad campaign

Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: Microsoft doesn't just build great tools; it builds entire platforms. No other company can do this anywhere near the degree that MS can. It's great knowing not just that I have the best tools in the industry, but that I'm part of a company that can do what no other can: making computers useful for people.

Cons: Politics: People aren't looking to do the best job or learn the best practices; they're trying to look good for stack-ranking time at the end of the fiscal year. If you're an Anglo-American male working for Microsoft, get used to being a persecuted minority (see "advice to senior management").

Consider suing Apple for their mendacious ad campaign

Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: Microsoft doesn't just build great tools; it builds entire platforms. No other company can do this anywhere near the degree that MS can. It's great knowing not just that I have the best tools in the industry, but that I'm part of a company that can do what no other can: making computers useful for people.

Cons: Politics: People aren't looking to do the best job or learn the best practices; they're trying to look good for stack-ranking time at the end of the fiscal year. If you're an Anglo-American male working for Microsoft, get used to being a persecuted minority (see "advice to senior management").

Impactful Products, Bureaucratic Pace

Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

November 17, 2009

Pros: 1. Great benefits 2. Working on products that are used by millions of people. 3. Lots of options on what you want to work on.

Cons: 1. Being a company with 60,000 plus employees, there is some bureaucracy seeping in. 2. It's difficult to bring about change.

Impactful Products, Bureaucratic Pace

Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

November 17, 2009

Pros: 1. Great benefits 2. Working on products that are used by millions of people. 3. Lots of options on what you want to work on.

Cons: 1. Being a company with 60,000 plus employees, there is some bureaucracy seeping in. 2. It's difficult to bring about change.

Great peers, so-so managers, and a stifling bureaucratic culture that eats its young gleefully

Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: Gold-plated health care Decent initial pay Good benefits all-around

Cons: Pitiful raises. Poor management feedback and awareness of individuals' contributions. Ten percent of employees get thrown under the bus every annual review. The review system encourages back-stabbing and discourages teamwork. Poor work-life balance. Some groups have sweat-shop hours. The company seems to regard most employees as liabilities rather than assets.

2.0
Great peers, so-so managers, and a stifling bureaucratic culture that eats its young gleefully
Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) • Current Employee
Redmond, Washington, United States
June 26, 2011
Pros: Gold-plated health care Decent initial pay Good benefits all-around
Cons: Pitiful raises. Poor management feedback and awareness of individuals' contributions. Ten percent of employees get thrown under the bus every annual review. The review system encourages back-stabbing and discourages teamwork. Poor work-life balance. Some groups have sweat-shop hours. The company seems to regard most employees as liabilities rather than assets.

Consider suing Apple for their mendacious ad campaign

Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: Microsoft doesn't just build great tools; it builds entire platforms. No other company can do this anywhere near the degree that MS can. It's great knowing not just that I have the best tools in the industry, but that I'm part of a company that can do what no other can: making computers useful for people.

Cons: Politics: People aren't looking to do the best job or learn the best practices; they're trying to look good for stack-ranking time at the end of the fiscal year. If you're an Anglo-American male working for Microsoft, get used to being a persecuted minority (see "advice to senior management").

3.0
Consider suing Apple for their mendacious ad campaign
Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) • Current Employee
Redmond, Washington, United States
June 15, 2008
Pros: Microsoft doesn't just build great tools; it builds entire platforms. No other company can do this anywhere near the degree that MS can. It's great knowing not just that I have the best tools in the industry, but that I'm part of a company that can do what no other can: making computers useful for people.
Cons: Politics: People aren't looking to do the best job or learn the best practices; they're trying to look good for stack-ranking time at the end of the fiscal year. If you're an Anglo-American male working for Microsoft, get used to being a persecuted minority (see "advice to senior management").

Impactful Products, Bureaucratic Pace

Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

November 17, 2009

Pros: 1. Great benefits 2. Working on products that are used by millions of people. 3. Lots of options on what you want to work on.

Cons: 1. Being a company with 60,000 plus employees, there is some bureaucracy seeping in. 2. It's difficult to bring about change.

4.0
Impactful Products, Bureaucratic Pace
Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) • Current Employee
Redmond, Washington, United States
November 17, 2009
Pros: 1. Great benefits 2. Working on products that are used by millions of people. 3. Lots of options on what you want to work on.
Cons: 1. Being a company with 60,000 plus employees, there is some bureaucracy seeping in. 2. It's difficult to bring about change.

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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