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Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) Interview Experience - Canada

November 1, 2014
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I had an on-campus interview with a Senior Engineer at Microsoft.

First, I was asked to tell them about myself. Then, the interviewer asked some questions about my resume experience, including my biggest challenges and where I would go to find solutions to problems that came up during the development process.

I was asked two technical questions:

  • Write a program to find the maximum height of a tree.
  • Write a program to print a tree in reverse order (i.e., the opposite of in-order traversal).

Questions

The reverse in-order traversal stumped me slightly. My solution was to perform an in-order traversal, adding elements to a FIFO stack. Then, after the traversal, I popped off the elements from the stack.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 20 interview experiences for the Microsoft Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) role in Canada.

Success Rate

10%
Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive35%
Neutral60%
Negative5%

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

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