Microsoft

Software Development Engineer Interview Experience - Salt Lake City, Utah

September 1, 2015

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The interview lasted 30 minutes. I discussed my projects with the interviewer. He also asked me some coding questions, including C++ basics. The interviewer, a senior software engineer from India who works on operating systems, presented the questions. Although the questions were easy, I still introduced a small bug in my code.

Questions

Q1: Given a string s, if there are two adjacent 'a's, turn the substring into 'a'. If there is one 'b', turn the 'b' into "bb". For example, "aabbaaa" -> "abbbbaa".

Q2: How does the STL vector work? (I use C++)

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 3 interview experiences for the Microsoft Software Development Engineer role in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Success Rate

0%

Pass Rate

Microsoft's interview process for their Software Development Engineer roles in Salt Lake City, Utah is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive33%

Neutral33%

Negative33%

Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Microsoft's Software Development Engineer interview process in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Microsoft Work Experiences

Awesome job, great people, and culture

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: I really enjoy working here. Great work/life balance, interesting problems to solve at the office, and great people to work with.

Cons: The salary is competitive, but you won't be making millions. Traffic during the daily commute can be bad at times.

Awesome job, great people, and culture

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: I really enjoy working here. Great work/life balance, interesting problems to solve at the office, and great people to work with.

Cons: The salary is competitive, but you won't be making millions. Traffic during the daily commute can be bad at times.

Better Than Most, Pay Okay

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: Good. Than most companies around.

Cons: Pay Is Not That Great

Better Than Most, Pay Okay

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: Good. Than most companies around.

Cons: Pay Is Not That Great

Great Growth, Awful Balance

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, West Virginia, United States

Pros: Good facilities on campus. Many opportunities to learn and grow. One has a certain amount of freedom to express and work on what interests them.

Cons: Not a great company to work for in terms of work-life balance. You work long hours with minimal rewards. It's a high-stress environment.

Great Growth, Awful Balance

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, West Virginia, United States

Pros: Good facilities on campus. Many opportunities to learn and grow. One has a certain amount of freedom to express and work on what interests them.

Cons: Not a great company to work for in terms of work-life balance. You work long hours with minimal rewards. It's a high-stress environment.

Awesome job, great people, and culture

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: I really enjoy working here. Great work/life balance, interesting problems to solve at the office, and great people to work with.

Cons: The salary is competitive, but you won't be making millions. Traffic during the daily commute can be bad at times.

5.0
Awesome job, great people, and culture
Software Development Engineer • Current Employee
June 8, 2013
Pros: I really enjoy working here. Great work/life balance, interesting problems to solve at the office, and great people to work with.
Cons: The salary is competitive, but you won't be making millions. Traffic during the daily commute can be bad at times.

Better Than Most, Pay Okay

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: Good. Than most companies around.

Cons: Pay Is Not That Great

4.0
Better Than Most, Pay Okay
Software Development Engineer • Current Employee
June 16, 2019
Pros: Good. Than most companies around.
Cons: Pay Is Not That Great

Great Growth, Awful Balance

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, West Virginia, United States

Pros: Good facilities on campus. Many opportunities to learn and grow. One has a certain amount of freedom to express and work on what interests them.

Cons: Not a great company to work for in terms of work-life balance. You work long hours with minimal rewards. It's a high-stress environment.

4.0
Great Growth, Awful Balance
Software Development Engineer • Current Employee
Redmond, West Virginia, United States
April 20, 2015
Pros: Good facilities on campus. Many opportunities to learn and grow. One has a certain amount of freedom to express and work on what interests them.
Cons: Not a great company to work for in terms of work-life balance. You work long hours with minimal rewards. It's a high-stress environment.

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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