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Software Development Engineer Interview Experience

June 11, 2015
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Process

The campus recruiter approached me. They came to my school, and I had an on-campus interview.

A few weeks later, I was invited for an onsite interview.

I met with approximately five engineers and engineering managers. All of them asked technical questions or simple behavioral questions, such as, "How would you resolve a situation where X happens?"

Questions

  1. Reverse string except spaces. A string has a mix of alphabets and spaces. Your task is to reverse the string, but preserve the positions of spaces.

For example, the reverse of " a if" is " f ia".

  1. An array of size n has all but one numbers between 1 and n+1. Find the missing one.

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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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