A total of five rounds.
One on-campus round:
On-site – Had four rounds:
Each round was about 1 to 1.5 hours long.
The Minesweeper design question.
I had to practice object-oriented design, be quick-thinking, interact with the interviewer to extract useful information, and ask the right kinds of questions.
The following metrics were computed from 214 interview experiences for the Microsoft Software Development Engineer role in Redmond, Washington.
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.
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Microsoft's Software Development Engineer interview process in Redmond, Washington.