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Software Development Engineer Interview Experience

March 14, 2014
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I made contact through a college fair.

After submitting my resume there, they reached out for a phone interview. The phone interview was relatively average.

Following the phone interview, I received an email stating I had passed the phone round. They invited me to visit Redmond, but unfortunately, no positions were available at that time. They suggested I could try again next year and bypass the phone round.

The following year, I visited Redmond, toured the campus, and interviewed with four or five people. Each interviewer asked different questions.

Two of the interviews were technical, and the rest were discussion-based.

Questions

They asked me to create a Minesweeper game.

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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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