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Software Development Engineer Interview Experience - India

August 1, 2022

Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

First, the interviewer asked me about the project: what it was about, what difficulties I faced, and how I solved them.

I could only appear for the coding round in the interview.

Questions

They asked me to write a code that takes an array and finds the amount of water that can be filled if each number in the array represented a wall.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 141 interview experiences for the Microsoft Software Development Engineer role in India.

Success Rate

38%

Pass Rate

Microsoft's interview process for their Software Development Engineer roles in India is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive65%

Neutral28%

Negative7%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Microsoft's Software Development Engineer interview process in India.

Microsoft Work Experiences

Great Place, Nice Benefits

Software Development Engineer • Former Employee

Hyderābād, Telangana, India

Pros: Good place to work, nice benefits.

Cons: All good. Nice work-life balance.

Great Place, Nice Benefits

Software Development Engineer • Former Employee

Hyderābād, Telangana, India

Pros: Good place to work, nice benefits.

Cons: All good. Nice work-life balance.

Good Facilities, Slow Promotion

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: A good place to work with good facilities.

Cons: Promotion in a company is slow.

Good Facilities, Slow Promotion

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: A good place to work with good facilities.

Cons: Promotion in a company is slow.

Great place to work unless you have a bad manager

Software Development Engineer • Former Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

November 3, 2009

Pros: Super medical benefits. Chance to move to a different group after a couple of years. If you work in Redmond, this benefit is very attractive. Lots of smart people. You will get your own private office room (you might need to wait 1-3 years sometimes). I was lucky to get my own office after 6 months, and having that privacy was great for focus.

Cons: A bad manager can ruin you. In my case, my manager in the second group was over-demanding, and it made life difficult. Bureaucracy can be a damper, depending on your group.

Great place to work unless you have a bad manager

Software Development Engineer • Former Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

November 3, 2009

Pros: Super medical benefits. Chance to move to a different group after a couple of years. If you work in Redmond, this benefit is very attractive. Lots of smart people. You will get your own private office room (you might need to wait 1-3 years sometimes). I was lucky to get my own office after 6 months, and having that privacy was great for focus.

Cons: A bad manager can ruin you. In my case, my manager in the second group was over-demanding, and it made life difficult. Bureaucracy can be a damper, depending on your group.

Great Place, Nice Benefits

Software Development Engineer • Former Employee

Hyderābād, Telangana, India

Pros: Good place to work, nice benefits.

Cons: All good. Nice work-life balance.

4.0
Great Place, Nice Benefits
Software Development Engineer • Former Employee
Hyderābād, Telangana, India
March 17, 2019
Pros: Good place to work, nice benefits.
Cons: All good. Nice work-life balance.

Good Facilities, Slow Promotion

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: A good place to work with good facilities.

Cons: Promotion in a company is slow.

4.0
Good Facilities, Slow Promotion
Software Development Engineer • Current Employee
March 29, 2021
Pros: A good place to work with good facilities.
Cons: Promotion in a company is slow.

Great place to work unless you have a bad manager

Software Development Engineer • Former Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

November 3, 2009

Pros: Super medical benefits. Chance to move to a different group after a couple of years. If you work in Redmond, this benefit is very attractive. Lots of smart people. You will get your own private office room (you might need to wait 1-3 years sometimes). I was lucky to get my own office after 6 months, and having that privacy was great for focus.

Cons: A bad manager can ruin you. In my case, my manager in the second group was over-demanding, and it made life difficult. Bureaucracy can be a damper, depending on your group.

5.0
Great place to work unless you have a bad manager
Software Development Engineer • Former Employee
Redmond, Washington, United States
November 3, 2009
Pros: Super medical benefits. Chance to move to a different group after a couple of years. If you work in Redmond, this benefit is very attractive. Lots of smart people. You will get your own private office room (you might need to wait 1-3 years sometimes). I was lucky to get my own office after 6 months, and having that privacy was great for focus.
Cons: A bad manager can ruin you. In my case, my manager in the second group was over-demanding, and it made life difficult. Bureaucracy can be a damper, depending on your group.

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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