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

December 1, 2011
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The interview process was 6 hours total, with 1.5 hours spent with 4 different interviewers. One of these interviews was over lunch. It felt like a full day of work! There was also a brief orientation for all the interns who were applying.

Questions

  1. Design an elevator in your strongest OK language.

  2. Assembly problem on a board using JMP.

  3. How would you test a random number generator?

  4. Read code and optimize it.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 56 interview experiences for the Microsoft Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) role in Seattle, Washington.

Success Rate

23%
Pass Rate

Microsoft's interview process for their Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) roles in Seattle, Washington is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive52%
Neutral45%
Negative4%

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

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