Microsoft

Software Development Engineer Interview Experience - Redmond, Washington

April 1, 2012

Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

They asked me a tough maths combination problem and wanted to code it on the blackboard without using for or any other loop.

Questions

Combination Problem:

Write a method that finds all the unique, unsorted combinations of an unknown element list without using any loops.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 214 interview experiences for the Microsoft Software Development Engineer role in Redmond, Washington.

Success Rate

45%

Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive75%

Neutral17%

Negative8%

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

Microsoft Work Experiences

Great Work-Life Balance and Decent Pay

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

January 12, 2022

Pros: Great Work-Life Balance Good Perks and Benefits Decent Compensation

Cons: General Lack of Documentation During Onboarding Phase (Might Be Team Dependent)

Great Work-Life Balance and Decent Pay

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

January 12, 2022

Pros: Great Work-Life Balance Good Perks and Benefits Decent Compensation

Cons: General Lack of Documentation During Onboarding Phase (Might Be Team Dependent)

Great all-around place to work

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: Great benefits, good salary, and flexibility contribute to an above-average work-life balance. Good, smart people and an awesome campus enhance the experience.

Cons: Niche skills are required, and tedious work needs to be done maintaining their cloud infrastructure and expansive codebase. A quickly evolving set of tools to use complicates work further.

Great all-around place to work

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: Great benefits, good salary, and flexibility contribute to an above-average work-life balance. Good, smart people and an awesome campus enhance the experience.

Cons: Niche skills are required, and tedious work needs to be done maintaining their cloud infrastructure and expansive codebase. A quickly evolving set of tools to use complicates work further.

Innovative Projects, Low Referral Bonus

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: Very dedicated, knowledgeable, energetic, and nice colleagues around every team I met here. We try to seek solutions from both our internal codebase as well as open-source projects out there. This is definitely different from what I've heard about MSFT before joining.

Cons: The referral program has some constraints that may pull the company's leg. For example, we can't refer college graduates, while almost all those SV startups can (they even do internal referrals for interns). The referral bonus is lower than the competitors'.

Innovative Projects, Low Referral Bonus

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: Very dedicated, knowledgeable, energetic, and nice colleagues around every team I met here. We try to seek solutions from both our internal codebase as well as open-source projects out there. This is definitely different from what I've heard about MSFT before joining.

Cons: The referral program has some constraints that may pull the company's leg. For example, we can't refer college graduates, while almost all those SV startups can (they even do internal referrals for interns). The referral bonus is lower than the competitors'.

Great Work-Life Balance and Decent Pay

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

January 12, 2022

Pros: Great Work-Life Balance Good Perks and Benefits Decent Compensation

Cons: General Lack of Documentation During Onboarding Phase (Might Be Team Dependent)

5.0
Great Work-Life Balance and Decent Pay
Software Development Engineer • Current Employee
Redmond, Washington, United States
January 12, 2022
Pros: Great Work-Life Balance Good Perks and Benefits Decent Compensation
Cons: General Lack of Documentation During Onboarding Phase (Might Be Team Dependent)

Great all-around place to work

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: Great benefits, good salary, and flexibility contribute to an above-average work-life balance. Good, smart people and an awesome campus enhance the experience.

Cons: Niche skills are required, and tedious work needs to be done maintaining their cloud infrastructure and expansive codebase. A quickly evolving set of tools to use complicates work further.

4.0
Great all-around place to work
Software Development Engineer • Current Employee
Redmond, Washington, United States
July 31, 2021
Pros: Great benefits, good salary, and flexibility contribute to an above-average work-life balance. Good, smart people and an awesome campus enhance the experience.
Cons: Niche skills are required, and tedious work needs to be done maintaining their cloud infrastructure and expansive codebase. A quickly evolving set of tools to use complicates work further.

Innovative Projects, Low Referral Bonus

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: Very dedicated, knowledgeable, energetic, and nice colleagues around every team I met here. We try to seek solutions from both our internal codebase as well as open-source projects out there. This is definitely different from what I've heard about MSFT before joining.

Cons: The referral program has some constraints that may pull the company's leg. For example, we can't refer college graduates, while almost all those SV startups can (they even do internal referrals for interns). The referral bonus is lower than the competitors'.

5.0
Innovative Projects, Low Referral Bonus
Software Development Engineer • Current Employee
Redmond, Washington, United States
May 3, 2016
Pros: Very dedicated, knowledgeable, energetic, and nice colleagues around every team I met here. We try to seek solutions from both our internal codebase as well as open-source projects out there. This is definitely different from what I've heard about MSFT before joining.
Cons: The referral program has some constraints that may pull the company's leg. For example, we can't refer college graduates, while almost all those SV startups can (they even do internal referrals for interns). The referral bonus is lower than the competitors'.

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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