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Software Development Engineer Interview Experience - Redmond, Washington

October 1, 2015
Positive ExperienceGot Offer

Process

The entire process lasted about 4 weeks.

I applied at a college career fair and was invited for first-round interviews on campus.

I got through to the onsites, scheduled about 3 weeks later in Redmond, WA.

The onsite interviews consisted of 4 rounds, and interviewers are usually from the team that will be hiring.

I got an offer about 3 days later.

A big tip for candidates would be to treat the interviews like a regular discussion with a friend or colleague. Interviewers are very friendly and love talking to candidates. Also, always be honest. If you are asked a very familiar question, let them know!

Questions

Initial round: Simple question on pattern matching.

Onsites:

  • Graphs-based questions
  • Arithmetic conversion question
  • LRU cache implementation, etc.

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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.

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