Software Development Engineer Interview Experience - Seattle, Washington
Process
The recruiter sent me an invitation for an on-campus technical interview. I was asked to schedule the onsite the next day.
I asked for three weeks to prepare. The onsite process is pretty standard, similar to many other companies. I had four interviews, all of them with senior developers or managers in the respective teams.
I was asked questions related to Dynamic Programming (DP) and Backtracking. "Cracking the Coding Interview" (CTCI), along with decent practice from LeetCode, is enough to crack the interview.
We need to be careful when testing the code we write.
Questions
On-campus:
Related to a data structure design.
Onsite:
- DP
- Backtracking
- A question on palindromes.
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Interview Statistics
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Success Rate
Microsoft's interview process for their Software Development Engineer roles in Seattle, Washington is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.
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Microsoft Work Experiences
- 2.0Good Balance, Low PaySoftware Development Engineer • Current EmployeeSeattle, Washington, United StatesJanuary 21, 2022Pros: Good work-life balance and work.Cons: Pay is less for long-term employees.
- 5.0Working at MicrosoftSoftware Development Engineer • Current EmployeeSeattle, Washington, United StatesJanuary 29, 2017Pros: I worked in a very flexible team and had the chance to work on anything I found interesting. In particular, I had the chance to collaborate with Microsoft Research, even though mine is an SDE role.Cons: The company is too big. There's lots of politics and internal friction.
- 5.0Great Projects, People, Pay!Software Development Engineer • Current EmployeeSeattle, Washington, United StatesOctober 27, 2020Pros: Salary, benefits, projects, people, opportunitiesCons: Large company, need to keep eyes on the ball.
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