Software Development Engineer Interview Experience - Redmond, Washington
Process
Basically, they came to my university, and we had a phone interview. After that, they selected a group to fly up to Redmond for the weekend, and we had a full day of interviews.
Each interview is with a different team that you can work with, and all teams operate roughly independently. This means if you "bomb" one interview, you can still get in with a different team.
After the interviews, you wait for each team to decide whether they want you. They typically choose their top few candidates and then select the first one who isn't taken by another group.
Questions
One example that I thought was interesting: given a list of points, find the line that goes through the greatest number of them.
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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
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
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Microsoft's Software Development Engineer interview process in Redmond, Washington.
Microsoft Work Experiences
- 4.0Microsoft is a pretty pleasant place to workSoftware Development Engineer • Current EmployeeRedmond, Washington, United StatesAugust 28, 2013Pros: Good balance between work and life, and have flexible work time. In general, it is not busy and good for people who want to work in IT but not be highly busy.Cons: Too many meetings that do not make much sense. The performance reviewing system is disgusting. There is too much politics in teams.
- 4.0Challenging and stimulating work environment. Offers a lot of learning opportunitiesSoftware Development Engineer • Current EmployeeRedmond, Washington, United StatesJune 22, 2008Pros: 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.
- 2.0A lot of politicsSoftware Development Engineer • Current EmployeeRedmond, Washington, United StatesSeptember 12, 2016Pros: Benefits are good, although not perfect.Cons: Almost everything is about politics, which costs a lot of valuable people and time doing useless things.
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