Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) Interview Experience - Seattle, Washington
Process
Two rounds of phone interviews and a final onsite round.
Questions:
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Given a book with millions of pages and 10,000 lines per page, find a data structure to represent your book. Given a query for "seattle weather," it must return all page and line numbers where the query is present.
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Represent a graph. How would you traverse it? How would you find cycles (using DFS)?
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Given a running sequence of numbers where one number occurs more than 50% of the time, find that number. Do this in O(1) space.
Questions
Given a running sequence of numbers, and you know that one number occurs more than 50% of the time, find that number. Do it in O(1) space.
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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
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
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Microsoft's Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) interview process in Seattle, Washington.
Microsoft Work Experiences
- 1.0Microsoft is a horrible place to workSoftware Development Engineer In Test (SDET) • Current EmployeeSeattle, Washington, United StatesAugust 12, 2010Pros: Great health benefits. 401K, stock award, employee stock purchase plan, generous sick leave. Seattle is a beautiful city to live.Cons: You probably hear that Microsoft is full of smart people. That is probably the case 10 years ago, or if you are in the right group. I personally work with some of the worst testers/developers. They are just plain stupid. They do not know how to design stuff. They make the wrong decisions all the time. Systems become super complicated. I am very dissatisfied with my work and the people that I work with.
- 4.0Good company, but so much bureaucracySoftware Development Engineer In Test (SDET) • Former EmployeeSeattle, Washington, United StatesSeptember 7, 2013Pros: Free soda and drinks. Good individual work environment.Cons: No free space for communication.
- 4.0My two centsSoftware Development Engineer In Test (SDET) • Current EmployeeSeattle, Washington, United StatesJanuary 16, 2013Pros: Get a chance to work on a great product.Cons: The company is huge, so the sense of existence is relatively weaker.
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