Microsoft

Software Development Engineer Interview Experience

February 6, 2015

Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Submitted resume on school website, then received an on-campus interview offer after two weeks.

The interview lasted half an hour.

The interviewer asked behavioral and technical questions, as well as general background questions, including whether you have taken hard-core programming courses.

Questions

Fixed-size array queue. What if you are running out of time to complete a project?

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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.

Microsoft Work Experiences

Good WLB, interesting work, sub-par pay

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

January 4, 2020

Pros: Good WLB - rarely do teams require you to work more than 40 hours. Many people reportedly work < 30 hours. Interesting work - All the interesting teams: Azure, Windows, XBOX, Office, and many more.

Cons: The pay is significantly less than that of other tech giants: Google, Amazon, Facebook, Netflix, and even LinkedIn, which is owned by Microsoft. As a result, much of the top talent leaves for competitors.

Good WLB, interesting work, sub-par pay

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

January 4, 2020

Pros: Good WLB - rarely do teams require you to work more than 40 hours. Many people reportedly work < 30 hours. Interesting work - All the interesting teams: Azure, Windows, XBOX, Office, and many more.

Cons: The pay is significantly less than that of other tech giants: Google, Amazon, Facebook, Netflix, and even LinkedIn, which is owned by Microsoft. As a result, much of the top talent leaves for competitors.

A bit political. Proprietary and legacy stack

Software Development Engineer • Former Employee

Garching b.München, Bavaria, Germany

September 10, 2021

Pros: Name recognition, scale, good colleagues.

Cons: Politics may pay lower than smaller companies.

A bit political. Proprietary and legacy stack

Software Development Engineer • Former Employee

Garching b.München, Bavaria, Germany

September 10, 2021

Pros: Name recognition, scale, good colleagues.

Cons: Politics may pay lower than smaller companies.

Great People, Free Lunch Needed

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: Freedom. Trust. A lot of great people to work with.

Cons: Should provide free lunch like Google :)

Great People, Free Lunch Needed

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: Freedom. Trust. A lot of great people to work with.

Cons: Should provide free lunch like Google :)

Good WLB, interesting work, sub-par pay

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

January 4, 2020

Pros: Good WLB - rarely do teams require you to work more than 40 hours. Many people reportedly work < 30 hours. Interesting work - All the interesting teams: Azure, Windows, XBOX, Office, and many more.

Cons: The pay is significantly less than that of other tech giants: Google, Amazon, Facebook, Netflix, and even LinkedIn, which is owned by Microsoft. As a result, much of the top talent leaves for competitors.

4.0
Good WLB, interesting work, sub-par pay
Software Development Engineer • Current Employee
Redmond, Washington, United States
January 4, 2020
Pros: Good WLB - rarely do teams require you to work more than 40 hours. Many people reportedly work < 30 hours. Interesting work - All the interesting teams: Azure, Windows, XBOX, Office, and many more.
Cons: The pay is significantly less than that of other tech giants: Google, Amazon, Facebook, Netflix, and even LinkedIn, which is owned by Microsoft. As a result, much of the top talent leaves for competitors.

A bit political. Proprietary and legacy stack

Software Development Engineer • Former Employee

Garching b.München, Bavaria, Germany

September 10, 2021

Pros: Name recognition, scale, good colleagues.

Cons: Politics may pay lower than smaller companies.

4.0
A bit political. Proprietary and legacy stack
Software Development Engineer • Former Employee
Garching b.München, Bavaria, Germany
September 10, 2021
Pros: Name recognition, scale, good colleagues.
Cons: Politics may pay lower than smaller companies.

Great People, Free Lunch Needed

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: Freedom. Trust. A lot of great people to work with.

Cons: Should provide free lunch like Google :)

5.0
Great People, Free Lunch Needed
Software Development Engineer • Current Employee
Redmond, Washington, United States
April 27, 2008
Pros: Freedom. Trust. A lot of great people to work with.
Cons: Should provide free lunch like Google :)

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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