Microsoft

Software Development Engineer Interview Experience - La Jolla, California

November 1, 2016

Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I attended the 30-minute on-campus interview last week. I had prepared extensively for behavioral questions, but it turned out the interviewer didn't ask any. The coding problem he presented was to find the next larger element in a Binary Search Tree (BST). He did not provide the BST definition or function declarations, so I had to define them myself.

Questions

The coding problem he asked me was to find the next larger element in a BST.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the Microsoft Software Development Engineer role in La Jolla, California.

Success Rate

50%

Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive50%

Neutral0%

Negative50%

Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Microsoft's Software Development Engineer interview process in La Jolla, California.

Microsoft Work Experiences

Great People, Free Lunch Needed

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: Freedom. Trust. A lot of great people to work with.

Cons: Should provide free lunch like Google :)

Great People, Free Lunch Needed

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: Freedom. Trust. A lot of great people to work with.

Cons: Should provide free lunch like Google :)

Pretty Good Place

Software Development Engineer • Former Employee

Hyderābād, Telangana, India

September 2, 2019

Pros: Amazing Culture and Benefits Amazing Working Environment

Cons: Not much, con. Amazing place.

Pretty Good Place

Software Development Engineer • Former Employee

Hyderābād, Telangana, India

September 2, 2019

Pros: Amazing Culture and Benefits Amazing Working Environment

Cons: Not much, con. Amazing place.

A good place to work

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

November 1, 2012

Pros: Microsoft is a good company to work for. It offers: * Good benefits, such as good pay, good health benefits, and child care help. * Many groups and products to work on, so there is a breadth of technological space covered. * Very diverse work styles in different teams, some with v1 culture, others much more mature.

Cons: - Smaller pay than other big companies in the field. - Some benefits that others offer, like free food, are not seen. - Some teams have a lot of process to follow, which slows them down.

A good place to work

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

November 1, 2012

Pros: Microsoft is a good company to work for. It offers: * Good benefits, such as good pay, good health benefits, and child care help. * Many groups and products to work on, so there is a breadth of technological space covered. * Very diverse work styles in different teams, some with v1 culture, others much more mature.

Cons: - Smaller pay than other big companies in the field. - Some benefits that others offer, like free food, are not seen. - Some teams have a lot of process to follow, which slows them down.

Great People, Free Lunch Needed

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: Freedom. Trust. A lot of great people to work with.

Cons: Should provide free lunch like Google :)

5.0
Great People, Free Lunch Needed
Software Development Engineer • Current Employee
Redmond, Washington, United States
April 27, 2008
Pros: Freedom. Trust. A lot of great people to work with.
Cons: Should provide free lunch like Google :)

Pretty Good Place

Software Development Engineer • Former Employee

Hyderābād, Telangana, India

September 2, 2019

Pros: Amazing Culture and Benefits Amazing Working Environment

Cons: Not much, con. Amazing place.

5.0
Pretty Good Place
Software Development Engineer • Former Employee
Hyderābād, Telangana, India
September 2, 2019
Pros: Amazing Culture and Benefits Amazing Working Environment
Cons: Not much, con. Amazing place.

A good place to work

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

November 1, 2012

Pros: Microsoft is a good company to work for. It offers: * Good benefits, such as good pay, good health benefits, and child care help. * Many groups and products to work on, so there is a breadth of technological space covered. * Very diverse work styles in different teams, some with v1 culture, others much more mature.

Cons: - Smaller pay than other big companies in the field. - Some benefits that others offer, like free food, are not seen. - Some teams have a lot of process to follow, which slows them down.

4.0
A good place to work
Software Development Engineer • Current Employee
Redmond, Washington, United States
November 1, 2012
Pros: Microsoft is a good company to work for. It offers: * Good benefits, such as good pay, good health benefits, and child care help. * Many groups and products to work on, so there is a breadth of technological space covered. * Very diverse work styles in different teams, some with v1 culture, others much more mature.
Cons: - Smaller pay than other big companies in the field. - Some benefits that others offer, like free food, are not seen. - Some teams have a lot of process to follow, which slows them down.

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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