Microsoft

Software Development Engineer Interview Experience - Redmond, Washington

March 1, 2008

Positive ExperienceGot Offer

Process

An inside friend submitted my resume, and the process went smoothly.

I had a phone interview where I was asked a simple coding question (something to reverse a string in some way; it was too long ago to remember).

Then, I had on-site interviews from 9 AM to 5 PM. These included coding and design questions.

Questions

Implement a thread pool.

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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

Good place for a career start point

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

February 13, 2014

Pros: A lot of talent, you can learn a lot of knowledge here.

Cons: Boring, no exciting work, hard to make new features.

Good place for a career start point

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

February 13, 2014

Pros: A lot of talent, you can learn a lot of knowledge here.

Cons: Boring, no exciting work, hard to make new features.

Good Pay, Bad Management

Software Development Engineer • Former Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: 1. Compensation is relatively good. 2. Work-life balance. 3. Private office.

Cons: 1. Unhealthy manager-to-engineer proportion. 2. Many managers lack technical backgrounds. 3. Micromanagement. 4. Slow business processes. 5. Microsoft's technology stack, featuring many outdated approaches.

Good Pay, Bad Management

Software Development Engineer • Former Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: 1. Compensation is relatively good. 2. Work-life balance. 3. Private office.

Cons: 1. Unhealthy manager-to-engineer proportion. 2. Many managers lack technical backgrounds. 3. Micromanagement. 4. Slow business processes. 5. Microsoft's technology stack, featuring many outdated approaches.

Great People, Free Lunch Needed

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: Freedom. Trust. A lot of great people to work with.

Cons: Should provide free lunch like Google :)

Great People, Free Lunch Needed

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: Freedom. Trust. A lot of great people to work with.

Cons: Should provide free lunch like Google :)

Good place for a career start point

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

February 13, 2014

Pros: A lot of talent, you can learn a lot of knowledge here.

Cons: Boring, no exciting work, hard to make new features.

3.0
Good place for a career start point
Software Development Engineer • Current Employee
Redmond, Washington, United States
February 13, 2014
Pros: A lot of talent, you can learn a lot of knowledge here.
Cons: Boring, no exciting work, hard to make new features.

Good Pay, Bad Management

Software Development Engineer • Former Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: 1. Compensation is relatively good. 2. Work-life balance. 3. Private office.

Cons: 1. Unhealthy manager-to-engineer proportion. 2. Many managers lack technical backgrounds. 3. Micromanagement. 4. Slow business processes. 5. Microsoft's technology stack, featuring many outdated approaches.

2.0
Good Pay, Bad Management
Software Development Engineer • Former Employee
Redmond, Washington, United States
June 23, 2015
Pros: 1. Compensation is relatively good. 2. Work-life balance. 3. Private office.
Cons: 1. Unhealthy manager-to-engineer proportion. 2. Many managers lack technical backgrounds. 3. Micromanagement. 4. Slow business processes. 5. Microsoft's technology stack, featuring many outdated approaches.

Great People, Free Lunch Needed

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: Freedom. Trust. A lot of great people to work with.

Cons: Should provide free lunch like Google :)

5.0
Great People, Free Lunch Needed
Software Development Engineer • Current Employee
Redmond, Washington, United States
April 27, 2008
Pros: Freedom. Trust. A lot of great people to work with.
Cons: Should provide free lunch like Google :)

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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