Microsoft

Software Development Engineer Interview Experience - Redmond, Washington

December 1, 2018

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

30-minute phone screen with a recruiter. Mostly a behavioral chat with a few technical questions.

Onsite interviews: 4 back-to-back, 45-minute interviews with Engineers. Standard behavioral questions about your resume and projects, followed by technical problems focusing on data structures and algorithms.

Questions

Pretty standard sorted array, binary tree, string, sorted array, string questions.

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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

Depending on the team, you can have a great time!

Software Development Engineer • Former Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

January 6, 2014

Pros: Super smart people. It is easy to not work very hard in most groups, yet still get paid really well. Huge reach and possible impact if you avoid teams where you work on one small, tiny piece.

Cons: Tons of bureaucracy, and it's hard to make big changes. Management tries to manage on things they don't understand. You have to deal with Seattle weather.

Depending on the team, you can have a great time!

Software Development Engineer • Former Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

January 6, 2014

Pros: Super smart people. It is easy to not work very hard in most groups, yet still get paid really well. Huge reach and possible impact if you avoid teams where you work on one small, tiny piece.

Cons: Tons of bureaucracy, and it's hard to make big changes. Management tries to manage on things they don't understand. You have to deal with Seattle weather.

Challenging and stimulating work environment. Offers a lot of learning opportunities

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: If you want to learn how software is built, there are few other companies that have as much history and experience as Microsoft.

Cons: Bigger companies come with their share of red tape.

Challenging and stimulating work environment. Offers a lot of learning opportunities

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: If you want to learn how software is built, there are few other companies that have as much history and experience as Microsoft.

Cons: Bigger companies come with their share of red tape.

A decent place to work

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

August 26, 2011

Pros: Own Office Good benefits: Medicare for family, paid parental leave, etc. Smart people to work with Recent pay raise Flexible working hours

Cons: Too much emphasis on visibility, which may neglect people doing solid work. Stock is not moving anywhere for 10 years? I see solid people forced to get a low rating due to a strict curve.

A decent place to work

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

August 26, 2011

Pros: Own Office Good benefits: Medicare for family, paid parental leave, etc. Smart people to work with Recent pay raise Flexible working hours

Cons: Too much emphasis on visibility, which may neglect people doing solid work. Stock is not moving anywhere for 10 years? I see solid people forced to get a low rating due to a strict curve.

Depending on the team, you can have a great time!

Software Development Engineer • Former Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

January 6, 2014

Pros: Super smart people. It is easy to not work very hard in most groups, yet still get paid really well. Huge reach and possible impact if you avoid teams where you work on one small, tiny piece.

Cons: Tons of bureaucracy, and it's hard to make big changes. Management tries to manage on things they don't understand. You have to deal with Seattle weather.

3.0
Depending on the team, you can have a great time!
Software Development Engineer • Former Employee
Redmond, Washington, United States
January 6, 2014
Pros: Super smart people. It is easy to not work very hard in most groups, yet still get paid really well. Huge reach and possible impact if you avoid teams where you work on one small, tiny piece.
Cons: Tons of bureaucracy, and it's hard to make big changes. Management tries to manage on things they don't understand. You have to deal with Seattle weather.

Challenging and stimulating work environment. Offers a lot of learning opportunities

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: If you want to learn how software is built, there are few other companies that have as much history and experience as Microsoft.

Cons: Bigger companies come with their share of red tape.

4.0
Challenging and stimulating work environment. Offers a lot of learning opportunities
Software Development Engineer • Current Employee
Redmond, Washington, United States
June 22, 2008
Pros: If you want to learn how software is built, there are few other companies that have as much history and experience as Microsoft.
Cons: Bigger companies come with their share of red tape.

A decent place to work

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

August 26, 2011

Pros: Own Office Good benefits: Medicare for family, paid parental leave, etc. Smart people to work with Recent pay raise Flexible working hours

Cons: Too much emphasis on visibility, which may neglect people doing solid work. Stock is not moving anywhere for 10 years? I see solid people forced to get a low rating due to a strict curve.

4.0
A decent place to work
Software Development Engineer • Current Employee
Redmond, Washington, United States
August 26, 2011
Pros: Own Office Good benefits: Medicare for family, paid parental leave, etc. Smart people to work with Recent pay raise Flexible working hours
Cons: Too much emphasis on visibility, which may neglect people doing solid work. Stock is not moving anywhere for 10 years? I see solid people forced to get a low rating due to a strict curve.

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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