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Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) Interview Experience - Redmond, Washington

August 3, 2012

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Submitted resume online and was invited for an on-campus interview.

This short (20-25 min) on-campus interview included one simple coding question and one simple testing question.

Invited to Seattle for a day of interviews. Had four of them:

Two technical interviews
One lunch interview
One interview with a manager

Questions asked included:

Two algorithm/coding questions
One OO design question
Two testing questions
Several non-technical questions about interests.

Questions

What are you passionate about?

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 128 interview experiences for the Microsoft Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) role in Redmond, Washington.

Success Rate

49%

Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive66%

Neutral23%

Negative12%

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

Microsoft Work Experiences

The Best Experience Ever

Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: It is great to work amongst a huge set of talented people. Microsoft, as a company, has great products that you can work on. Challenging work.

Cons: Seattle weather Pay Scale You need to be at the company for a couple of years before people take you seriously.

The Best Experience Ever

Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: It is great to work amongst a huge set of talented people. Microsoft, as a company, has great products that you can work on. Challenging work.

Cons: Seattle weather Pay Scale You need to be at the company for a couple of years before people take you seriously.

Lots of politics

Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) • Former Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: Good money. Good benefits. Smart and cool people everywhere. Highly competitive; hard and smart work are required. Good resume item. You get a chance to work on something that actually impacts people's lives all around the world.

Cons: Highly competitive, hard, and smart work are required, but are not enough. You need a good manager too, or else it won't matter. If you don't have one, get the hell out of there. You get a chance to work on something that actually impacts people's lives all around the world, but chances are you'll end up doing boring stuff, lots of it, by the way.

Lots of politics

Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) • Former Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: Good money. Good benefits. Smart and cool people everywhere. Highly competitive; hard and smart work are required. Good resume item. You get a chance to work on something that actually impacts people's lives all around the world.

Cons: Highly competitive, hard, and smart work are required, but are not enough. You need a good manager too, or else it won't matter. If you don't have one, get the hell out of there. You get a chance to work on something that actually impacts people's lives all around the world, but chances are you'll end up doing boring stuff, lots of it, by the way.

Good overall, but need better skill matching

Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) • Former Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

October 25, 2013

Pros: Resourceful. Cool people. Good benefits.

Cons: I was interviewed by and assigned to a team that had nothing much to do with my preference, interest, or experience. I was an SDET, but I was given projects for an SDE.

Good overall, but need better skill matching

Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) • Former Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

October 25, 2013

Pros: Resourceful. Cool people. Good benefits.

Cons: I was interviewed by and assigned to a team that had nothing much to do with my preference, interest, or experience. I was an SDET, but I was given projects for an SDE.

The Best Experience Ever

Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: It is great to work amongst a huge set of talented people. Microsoft, as a company, has great products that you can work on. Challenging work.

Cons: Seattle weather Pay Scale You need to be at the company for a couple of years before people take you seriously.

4.0
The Best Experience Ever
Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) • Current Employee
Redmond, Washington, United States
March 11, 2011
Pros: It is great to work amongst a huge set of talented people. Microsoft, as a company, has great products that you can work on. Challenging work.
Cons: Seattle weather Pay Scale You need to be at the company for a couple of years before people take you seriously.

Lots of politics

Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) • Former Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: Good money. Good benefits. Smart and cool people everywhere. Highly competitive; hard and smart work are required. Good resume item. You get a chance to work on something that actually impacts people's lives all around the world.

Cons: Highly competitive, hard, and smart work are required, but are not enough. You need a good manager too, or else it won't matter. If you don't have one, get the hell out of there. You get a chance to work on something that actually impacts people's lives all around the world, but chances are you'll end up doing boring stuff, lots of it, by the way.

2.0
Lots of politics
Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) • Former Employee
Redmond, Washington, United States
March 15, 2010
Pros: Good money. Good benefits. Smart and cool people everywhere. Highly competitive; hard and smart work are required. Good resume item. You get a chance to work on something that actually impacts people's lives all around the world.
Cons: Highly competitive, hard, and smart work are required, but are not enough. You need a good manager too, or else it won't matter. If you don't have one, get the hell out of there. You get a chance to work on something that actually impacts people's lives all around the world, but chances are you'll end up doing boring stuff, lots of it, by the way.

Good overall, but need better skill matching

Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) • Former Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

October 25, 2013

Pros: Resourceful. Cool people. Good benefits.

Cons: I was interviewed by and assigned to a team that had nothing much to do with my preference, interest, or experience. I was an SDET, but I was given projects for an SDE.

4.0
Good overall, but need better skill matching
Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) • Former Employee
Redmond, Washington, United States
October 25, 2013
Pros: Resourceful. Cool people. Good benefits.
Cons: I was interviewed by and assigned to a team that had nothing much to do with my preference, interest, or experience. I was an SDET, but I was given projects for an SDE.

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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