Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) Interview Experience - Dublin, Ireland
January 1, 2013
Positive ExperienceNo Offer
Process
I went through the phone interview with a recruiter and the coding interview with a technical person.
I was asked a few questions about my opinions on testing and a few simple technical questions:
- What's the difference between private, public, and friend?
- How are virtual functions compiled?
- What's the difference between a linked list and an array?
- What other data structures do you know apart from linked lists and arrays?
In the coding interview, I was asked to solve two problems:
- Implement the
strcmp()function, which takes two strings as parameters and compares if they are the same. - Given a LIFO class, implement a FIFO class.
Questions
Are there any people you know working at Microsoft?
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 6 interview experiences for the Microsoft Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) role in Dublin, Ireland.
Success Rate
33%
Pass Rate
Microsoft's interview process for their Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) roles in Dublin, Ireland is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Positive100%
Neutral0%
Negative0%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Microsoft's Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) interview process in Dublin, Ireland.
Microsoft Work Experiences
5.0
Software job on C/C++, C#.Net, and SQL
Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) • Current Employee
Hyderābād, Telangana, India
November 29, 2014
Pros: Good salary, good culture, and excellent learning.
Cons: Unstable job. More work and work-life balance is very difficult.
4.0
Total 9 years of professional I.T. experience, which includes Software Development, Software automation testing, and Quality Assurance
Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) • Current Employee
Seattle, Washington, United States
February 15, 2014
Pros: Systematic,
Employer satisfaction,
Satisfactory work culture
Cons: Products specific to it only
4.0
Great work experience, but not for the long run because private life suffers
Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) • Former Employee
Belgrade, Central Serbia, Serbia
March 5, 2013
Pros: You learn a lot. The learning curve is very steep. There are a lot of opportunities to do what you like. You are on the cutting edge of the industry.
Cons: Very bad work-life balance.
Very aggressive culture.
Lack of learning from colleagues due to rival relationships between employees and chronic lack of time.
- 5.0Software job on C/C++, C#.Net, and SQLSoftware Development Engineer In Test (SDET) • Current EmployeeHyderābād, Telangana, IndiaNovember 29, 2014Pros: Good salary, good culture, and excellent learning.Cons: Unstable job. More work and work-life balance is very difficult.
- 4.0Total 9 years of professional I.T. experience, which includes Software Development, Software automation testing, and Quality AssuranceSoftware Development Engineer In Test (SDET) • Current EmployeeSeattle, Washington, United StatesFebruary 15, 2014Pros: Systematic, Employer satisfaction, Satisfactory work cultureCons: Products specific to it only
- 4.0Great work experience, but not for the long run because private life suffersSoftware Development Engineer In Test (SDET) • Former EmployeeBelgrade, Central Serbia, SerbiaMarch 5, 2013Pros: You learn a lot. The learning curve is very steep. There are a lot of opportunities to do what you like. You are on the cutting edge of the industry.Cons: Very bad work-life balance. Very aggressive culture. Lack of learning from colleagues due to rival relationships between employees and chronic lack of time.
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