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Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) Interview Experience - United States

September 28, 2013
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Process

Standard Microsoft interview:

You have 4 interviews scheduled. Three are one hour each, and the lunch interview is an hour and a half.

The interview flow starts with some softball questions, typically about engineering or previous experience. It then typically progresses to coding questions, algorithms, and whiteboard analysis of a system (how to test it).

If you do well, you land a 5th "as appropriate" interview, typically with a higher-level manager.

Questions

Start with a random linked list—a linked list with a second node pointer that can point to some random node in the list, or to nothing at all.

Implement a method that will generate a deep copy of the list.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 314 interview experiences for the Microsoft Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) role in United States.

Success Rate

37%
Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive54%
Neutral39%
Negative7%

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

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