Microsoft

Software Development Engineer Interview Experience - Redmond, Washington

January 1, 2021

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Interview was pretty straightforward. The onsite had four rounds, with the last round being with a senior manager. The senior manager was actually pretty nice, and he even helped me figure out some things that I was having trouble with initially.

Questions

Letter combinations of a phone number.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 213 interview experiences for the Microsoft Software Development Engineer role in Redmond, Washington.

Success Rate

46%

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%

Neutral16%

Negative8%

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

Microsoft Interview Questions

Minimum Edge Reversals So Every Node Is Reachable

Hard

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

Easy

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.

ArraysStringsTwo Pointers

Valid Word

Easy

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.

Strings