Microsoft

Software Development Engineer Interview Experience - London, United Kingdom

January 1, 2013

Positive ExperienceGot Offer

Process

I believe my interview process went fairly well. The interviewer described the job position and what is expected. The person who interviewed me was friendly, so I was not nervous. The interviewer asked about my background and experience with various Microsoft programs.

Questions

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 4 interview experiences for the Microsoft Software Development Engineer role in London, United Kingdom.

Success Rate

50%

Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive75%

Neutral25%

Negative0%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Microsoft's Software Development Engineer interview process in London, United Kingdom.

Microsoft Work Experiences

Great Perks, Some Team Politics

Software Development Engineer • Former Employee

Hyderābād, Telangana, India

Pros: Nice company, nice perks. I had a great time there!

Cons: Politics in some teams. Canteen not that great.

Great Perks, Some Team Politics

Software Development Engineer • Former Employee

Hyderābād, Telangana, India

Pros: Nice company, nice perks. I had a great time there!

Cons: Politics in some teams. Canteen not that great.

Working at Microsoft

Software Development Engineer • Former Employee

Timişoara, Timiș, Romania

Pros: The paycheck was good. I started as an intern and when I got hired after the internship, my salary grew to more than double. However, from what I understood from my colleagues, I was a bit underpaid, probably because I was a fresh graduate. There are plenty of benefits, but they depend on the headquarter.

Cons: The management system is not a good one. Each year, a manager has to have from his team an overachiever and an underachiever, no matter what he has to have these two. This builds competitiveness between coworkers.

Working at Microsoft

Software Development Engineer • Former Employee

Timişoara, Timiș, Romania

Pros: The paycheck was good. I started as an intern and when I got hired after the internship, my salary grew to more than double. However, from what I understood from my colleagues, I was a bit underpaid, probably because I was a fresh graduate. There are plenty of benefits, but they depend on the headquarter.

Cons: The management system is not a good one. Each year, a manager has to have from his team an overachiever and an underachiever, no matter what he has to have these two. This builds competitiveness between coworkers.

Fine, plenty of room to grow

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: job security, world-class benefits, plenty of other smart people, plenty of resources, lots of room to grow, and to park your car (Redmond).

Cons: Forced to work on platforms not because they're the best choice, but because it's MS. Slow to develop new solutions. In reactionary mode rather than pro-active innovation. Sure, the research hub is huge, and hackathons are encouraging, but I don't remember much coming out of them. You'd have to finish the thing on your own time.

Fine, plenty of room to grow

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: job security, world-class benefits, plenty of other smart people, plenty of resources, lots of room to grow, and to park your car (Redmond).

Cons: Forced to work on platforms not because they're the best choice, but because it's MS. Slow to develop new solutions. In reactionary mode rather than pro-active innovation. Sure, the research hub is huge, and hackathons are encouraging, but I don't remember much coming out of them. You'd have to finish the thing on your own time.

Great Perks, Some Team Politics

Software Development Engineer • Former Employee

Hyderābād, Telangana, India

Pros: Nice company, nice perks. I had a great time there!

Cons: Politics in some teams. Canteen not that great.

5.0
Great Perks, Some Team Politics
Software Development Engineer • Former Employee
Hyderābād, Telangana, India
March 7, 2015
Pros: Nice company, nice perks. I had a great time there!
Cons: Politics in some teams. Canteen not that great.

Working at Microsoft

Software Development Engineer • Former Employee

Timişoara, Timiș, Romania

Pros: The paycheck was good. I started as an intern and when I got hired after the internship, my salary grew to more than double. However, from what I understood from my colleagues, I was a bit underpaid, probably because I was a fresh graduate. There are plenty of benefits, but they depend on the headquarter.

Cons: The management system is not a good one. Each year, a manager has to have from his team an overachiever and an underachiever, no matter what he has to have these two. This builds competitiveness between coworkers.

4.0
Working at Microsoft
Software Development Engineer • Former Employee
Timişoara, Timiș, Romania
July 25, 2012
Pros: The paycheck was good. I started as an intern and when I got hired after the internship, my salary grew to more than double. However, from what I understood from my colleagues, I was a bit underpaid, probably because I was a fresh graduate. There are plenty of benefits, but they depend on the headquarter.
Cons: The management system is not a good one. Each year, a manager has to have from his team an overachiever and an underachiever, no matter what he has to have these two. This builds competitiveness between coworkers.

Fine, plenty of room to grow

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: job security, world-class benefits, plenty of other smart people, plenty of resources, lots of room to grow, and to park your car (Redmond).

Cons: Forced to work on platforms not because they're the best choice, but because it's MS. Slow to develop new solutions. In reactionary mode rather than pro-active innovation. Sure, the research hub is huge, and hackathons are encouraging, but I don't remember much coming out of them. You'd have to finish the thing on your own time.

4.0
Fine, plenty of room to grow
Software Development Engineer • Current Employee
Redmond, Washington, United States
August 1, 2015
Pros: job security, world-class benefits, plenty of other smart people, plenty of resources, lots of room to grow, and to park your car (Redmond).
Cons: Forced to work on platforms not because they're the best choice, but because it's MS. Slow to develop new solutions. In reactionary mode rather than pro-active innovation. Sure, the research hub is huge, and hackathons are encouraging, but I don't remember much coming out of them. You'd have to finish the thing on your own time.

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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