Microsoft

Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) Intern Interview Experience

February 1, 2013

Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

On-campus interview scheduled after the career fair.

Few questions were asked about my interests in mobile and security subjects, which I am studying.

Technical question: To convert Roman numerals to the decimal system and also test the same.

Questions

Why are you using a Windows Phone 8 phone and developing Windows 8 apps?

Don't you know Android is the number one mobile operating system?

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 11 interview experiences for the Microsoft Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) Intern role in United States.

Success Rate

45%

Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive64%

Neutral36%

Negative0%

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

Microsoft Work Experiences

Summer IT SDET Intern

Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) Intern • Current Employee

Seattle, Washington, United States

September 5, 2014

Pros: The people are very friendly. Good work-life balance. Manager is transparent in what she is thinking. Microsoft is moving towards a better business model.

Cons: Big company problems: bureaucracy, slowness, inefficiency, and a lack of clear communication between groups. There are too many layers between development and release (e.g., Dev, QA, Business).

Summer IT SDET Intern

Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) Intern • Current Employee

Seattle, Washington, United States

September 5, 2014

Pros: The people are very friendly. Good work-life balance. Manager is transparent in what she is thinking. Microsoft is moving towards a better business model.

Cons: Big company problems: bureaucracy, slowness, inefficiency, and a lack of clear communication between groups. There are too many layers between development and release (e.g., Dev, QA, Business).

Worked as SDET intern

Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) Intern • Former Employee

Hyderābād, Telangana, India

February 12, 2015

Pros: You'll find the best people working around yourself, which is the biggest motivation. Though it depends on the team, people are generally given the authority to take decisions. The recreational area is good, which includes TT, foosball, chess tables, and x-box with Kinect. People are co-operative and help you learn.

Cons: Though they have many projects going on, the pace of work is average. This is not to say that you won't get a lot of work; it's that you won't see your deliverables go live for a long time. There are good things to learn, but not many new things to learn. You can get similar opportunities at other places too.

Worked as SDET intern

Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) Intern • Former Employee

Hyderābād, Telangana, India

February 12, 2015

Pros: You'll find the best people working around yourself, which is the biggest motivation. Though it depends on the team, people are generally given the authority to take decisions. The recreational area is good, which includes TT, foosball, chess tables, and x-box with Kinect. People are co-operative and help you learn.

Cons: Though they have many projects going on, the pace of work is average. This is not to say that you won't get a lot of work; it's that you won't see your deliverables go live for a long time. There are good things to learn, but not many new things to learn. You can get similar opportunities at other places too.

Great place to intern, but I'm not sure if I'd want to stay there

Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) Intern • Former Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: Solid, stable company. Hey, in this economy, that's nothing to sneeze at. The impression that I have is that (in spite of the layoffs) that's still more or less the case. As an intern, I found that the company policy was very open towards interns. I was surprised and impressed at the knowledge available to me and the trust placed in me.

Cons: I found that Seriously, free food would go miles towards a more awesome work environment. As an intern, I found that the full-time employees assigned to work with me were preoccupied with their real jobs to the exclusion of helping me out. However, this might have been a peculiarity of my group or situation, or possibly I should have reached out more myself, as I know other interns did not find this to be the case.

Great place to intern, but I'm not sure if I'd want to stay there

Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) Intern • Former Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: Solid, stable company. Hey, in this economy, that's nothing to sneeze at. The impression that I have is that (in spite of the layoffs) that's still more or less the case. As an intern, I found that the company policy was very open towards interns. I was surprised and impressed at the knowledge available to me and the trust placed in me.

Cons: I found that Seriously, free food would go miles towards a more awesome work environment. As an intern, I found that the full-time employees assigned to work with me were preoccupied with their real jobs to the exclusion of helping me out. However, this might have been a peculiarity of my group or situation, or possibly I should have reached out more myself, as I know other interns did not find this to be the case.

Summer IT SDET Intern

Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) Intern • Current Employee

Seattle, Washington, United States

September 5, 2014

Pros: The people are very friendly. Good work-life balance. Manager is transparent in what she is thinking. Microsoft is moving towards a better business model.

Cons: Big company problems: bureaucracy, slowness, inefficiency, and a lack of clear communication between groups. There are too many layers between development and release (e.g., Dev, QA, Business).

4.0
Summer IT SDET Intern
Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) Intern • Current Employee
Seattle, Washington, United States
September 5, 2014
Pros: The people are very friendly. Good work-life balance. Manager is transparent in what she is thinking. Microsoft is moving towards a better business model.
Cons: Big company problems: bureaucracy, slowness, inefficiency, and a lack of clear communication between groups. There are too many layers between development and release (e.g., Dev, QA, Business).

Worked as SDET intern

Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) Intern • Former Employee

Hyderābād, Telangana, India

February 12, 2015

Pros: You'll find the best people working around yourself, which is the biggest motivation. Though it depends on the team, people are generally given the authority to take decisions. The recreational area is good, which includes TT, foosball, chess tables, and x-box with Kinect. People are co-operative and help you learn.

Cons: Though they have many projects going on, the pace of work is average. This is not to say that you won't get a lot of work; it's that you won't see your deliverables go live for a long time. There are good things to learn, but not many new things to learn. You can get similar opportunities at other places too.

4.0
Worked as SDET intern
Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) Intern • Former Employee
Hyderābād, Telangana, India
February 12, 2015
Pros: You'll find the best people working around yourself, which is the biggest motivation. Though it depends on the team, people are generally given the authority to take decisions. The recreational area is good, which includes TT, foosball, chess tables, and x-box with Kinect. People are co-operative and help you learn.
Cons: Though they have many projects going on, the pace of work is average. This is not to say that you won't get a lot of work; it's that you won't see your deliverables go live for a long time. There are good things to learn, but not many new things to learn. You can get similar opportunities at other places too.

Great place to intern, but I'm not sure if I'd want to stay there

Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) Intern • Former Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: Solid, stable company. Hey, in this economy, that's nothing to sneeze at. The impression that I have is that (in spite of the layoffs) that's still more or less the case. As an intern, I found that the company policy was very open towards interns. I was surprised and impressed at the knowledge available to me and the trust placed in me.

Cons: I found that Seriously, free food would go miles towards a more awesome work environment. As an intern, I found that the full-time employees assigned to work with me were preoccupied with their real jobs to the exclusion of helping me out. However, this might have been a peculiarity of my group or situation, or possibly I should have reached out more myself, as I know other interns did not find this to be the case.

4.0
Great place to intern, but I'm not sure if I'd want to stay there
Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) Intern • Former Employee
Redmond, Washington, United States
May 3, 2009
Pros: Solid, stable company. Hey, in this economy, that's nothing to sneeze at. The impression that I have is that (in spite of the layoffs) that's still more or less the case. As an intern, I found that the company policy was very open towards interns. I was surprised and impressed at the knowledge available to me and the trust placed in me.
Cons: I found that Seriously, free food would go miles towards a more awesome work environment. As an intern, I found that the full-time employees assigned to work with me were preoccupied with their real jobs to the exclusion of helping me out. However, this might have been a peculiarity of my group or situation, or possibly I should have reached out more myself, as I know other interns did not find this to be the case.

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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