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Software Development Engineer Interview Experience - Mountain View, California

January 1, 2010
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Process

Phone screen with 2 employees.

Questions were about Objective-C programming language and debugging.

In-person interview with 3 different engineers.

Questions covered linked lists, C++ templates, and sorting. This included basic algorithm and programming language topics.

Questions

How would you detect if a linked list is circular, and how would you fix it?

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 7 interview experiences for the Microsoft Software Development Engineer role in Mountain View, California.

Success Rate

57%
Pass Rate

Microsoft's interview process for their Software Development Engineer roles in Mountain View, California is on the easier side as most engineers get an offer after going through it.

Experience Rating

Positive57%
Neutral43%
Negative0%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Microsoft's Software Development Engineer interview process in Mountain View, California.

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