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

November 1, 2010
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I went to the student career fair and spoke with representatives from Microsoft.

Later, I asked one of the recruiters about how often I had applied without receiving an interview. He advised that the key was to match software keywords on my resume and list different class projects.

I took his advice and secured an interview.

During the interview process, the interviewer asked about my academic background and then posed a few questions on that topic. One such question was: What is the main reason for pipelined processors?

The answer is to increase throughput.

After discussing my background, he asked me to write a C program to reverse the order of numbers in an array using pointers.

Questions

What is the difference between a process and a thread?

Print the order of numbers in reverse in an array using pointers (C program).

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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.

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