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Software Development Engineer Interview Experience

December 3, 2014
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I was contacted by a campus recruiter and completed an in-person interview, which was followed up with an invitation for an on-campus interview. That interview consisted of five one-hour meetings with various team members within the team I was applying for. The interviewers were polite and offered helpful feedback throughout the process.

Questions

The most unexpected question was how to conduct a testing suite efficiently using x number of machines. This, however, turned out to be a disguise for a bin packing problem.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 634 interview experiences for the Microsoft Software Development Engineer role in United States.

Success Rate

29%
Pass Rate

Microsoft's interview process for their Software Development Engineer roles in the United States is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive57%
Neutral32%
Negative11%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Microsoft's Software Development Engineer interview process in United States.

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