Microsoft

Software Development Engineer Interview Experience - Redmond, Washington

November 1, 2009

Positive ExperienceGot Offer

Process

I started with an on-campus interview and was then offered a flight to Redmond for an on-site interview.

The interview process was great, but I found the recruiting process to be extremely unprofessional. I was pressured a lot and given unreasonable deadlines.

I've heard that the recruiters are contracted employees (who don't actually work for Microsoft) and receive a commission if you take the job, which may explain why they pushed so hard. I found it uncomfortable.

Questions

How would you find the intersection of two arrays of integers?

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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

Interesting Tech, Slow Decisions

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

February 1, 2012

Pros: - Interesting technologies and lots of software development everywhere. - Run by engineers. - Vast opportunities to work on different kinds of products and technologies. - Great, intelligent, and happy people.

Cons: - Too much politics or management gets in the way of shipping great products. - Too hesitant to ship interesting ideas unless it's a $10B business. - Benefits are steadily declining. - New review model sucks.

Interesting Tech, Slow Decisions

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

February 1, 2012

Pros: - Interesting technologies and lots of software development everywhere. - Run by engineers. - Vast opportunities to work on different kinds of products and technologies. - Great, intelligent, and happy people.

Cons: - Too much politics or management gets in the way of shipping great products. - Too hesitant to ship interesting ideas unless it's a $10B business. - Benefits are steadily declining. - New review model sucks.

Big company, minimal chance of shipping code

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

December 18, 2012

Pros: Awesome benefits, 9-to-5 job.

Cons: Big company, lost in the crowd.

Big company, minimal chance of shipping code

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

December 18, 2012

Pros: Awesome benefits, 9-to-5 job.

Cons: Big company, lost in the crowd.

Great place to work

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

August 27, 2015

Pros: Awesome people who are very helpful Good benefits Diversity

Cons: The work happens a little slow.

Great place to work

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

August 27, 2015

Pros: Awesome people who are very helpful Good benefits Diversity

Cons: The work happens a little slow.

Interesting Tech, Slow Decisions

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

February 1, 2012

Pros: - Interesting technologies and lots of software development everywhere. - Run by engineers. - Vast opportunities to work on different kinds of products and technologies. - Great, intelligent, and happy people.

Cons: - Too much politics or management gets in the way of shipping great products. - Too hesitant to ship interesting ideas unless it's a $10B business. - Benefits are steadily declining. - New review model sucks.

4.0
Interesting Tech, Slow Decisions
Software Development Engineer • Current Employee
Redmond, Washington, United States
February 1, 2012
Pros: - Interesting technologies and lots of software development everywhere. - Run by engineers. - Vast opportunities to work on different kinds of products and technologies. - Great, intelligent, and happy people.
Cons: - Too much politics or management gets in the way of shipping great products. - Too hesitant to ship interesting ideas unless it's a $10B business. - Benefits are steadily declining. - New review model sucks.

Big company, minimal chance of shipping code

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

December 18, 2012

Pros: Awesome benefits, 9-to-5 job.

Cons: Big company, lost in the crowd.

4.0
Big company, minimal chance of shipping code
Software Development Engineer • Current Employee
Redmond, Washington, United States
December 18, 2012
Pros: Awesome benefits, 9-to-5 job.
Cons: Big company, lost in the crowd.

Great place to work

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

August 27, 2015

Pros: Awesome people who are very helpful Good benefits Diversity

Cons: The work happens a little slow.

4.0
Great place to work
Software Development Engineer • Current Employee
Redmond, Washington, United States
August 27, 2015
Pros: Awesome people who are very helpful Good benefits Diversity
Cons: The work happens a little slow.

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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