Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II Interview Experience - Redmond, Washington
October 1, 2011
Positive ExperienceGot Offer
Process
Fairly straightforward - like any other company. A phone screen - followed by 5 rounds on site. Questions were of the following nature: design a cache subsystem, spiral order printing of a matrix, regex implementation for * and ?, binary tree rotation question, how do you implement shuffle in a media player and how to know if a graph is bi-partite.
Questions
How to determine if a graph is bi-partitite.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 14 interview experiences for the Microsoft Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II role in Redmond, Washington.
Success Rate
64%
Pass Rate
Microsoft's interview process for their Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II roles in Redmond, Washington is on the easier side as most engineers get an offer after going through it.
Experience Rating
Positive57%
Neutral43%
Negative0%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Microsoft's Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II interview process in Redmond, Washington.
Microsoft Work Experiences
4.0
Great company to work at
Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II • Current Employee
Redmond, Washington, United States
December 23, 2012
Pros: Good benefits. This company takes good care of its employees.
Opportunity to work with smart people and on various products.
Cons: Big company, lots of policies, sometimes the process is really slow.
You have to deal with lots of people and different teams to get things moving.
2.0
Microsoft is walking to worse. Since inside MS, people respond to leaders but not to the product
Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II • Former Employee
Redmond, Washington, United States
February 27, 2013
Pros: An old MS employee always liked MS in the old times, but not recently. Things changed and people are leaving.
Cons: The great tech was happening before, but it looks like now they care more about review. Review is controlled by a small group of people – leaders. So making a good relationship with a leader is more important than making a good product. Tech has become a tool, not a goal. More and more MS employees are getting tired of internal politics and have lost trust in MS.
2.0
The SDET role
Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II • Former Employee
Redmond, Washington, United States
August 13, 2010
Pros: - Benefits
- Cafeteria
- Good reputation
In general, MS is a good place to work. The politics can sometimes be difficult to deal with, but once you learn the game, it's not bad to navigate.
Cons: The biggest con at MSFT is the inability to move between teams. It also feels like there are too many levels of management.
- 4.0Great company to work atSoftware Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II • Current EmployeeRedmond, Washington, United StatesDecember 23, 2012Pros: Good benefits. This company takes good care of its employees. Opportunity to work with smart people and on various products.Cons: Big company, lots of policies, sometimes the process is really slow. You have to deal with lots of people and different teams to get things moving.
- 2.0Microsoft is walking to worse. Since inside MS, people respond to leaders but not to the productSoftware Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II • Former EmployeeRedmond, Washington, United StatesFebruary 27, 2013Pros: An old MS employee always liked MS in the old times, but not recently. Things changed and people are leaving.Cons: The great tech was happening before, but it looks like now they care more about review. Review is controlled by a small group of people – leaders. So making a good relationship with a leader is more important than making a good product. Tech has become a tool, not a goal. More and more MS employees are getting tired of internal politics and have lost trust in MS.
- 2.0The SDET roleSoftware Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II • Former EmployeeRedmond, Washington, United StatesAugust 13, 2010Pros: - Benefits - Cafeteria - Good reputation In general, MS is a good place to work. The politics can sometimes be difficult to deal with, but once you learn the game, it's not bad to navigate.Cons: The biggest con at MSFT is the inability to move between teams. It also feels like there are too many levels of management.
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