Microsoft

Software Development Engineer Interview Experience

November 20, 2014

Neutral ExperienceGot Offer

Process

Contacted by a recruiter. A quick phone screen was followed by on-site interviews with 4+ people.

Overall, it was an efficient and good experience.

However, the technical questions didn't really have much of a basis for the actual role.

Questions

Determine if BT is a BST

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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

Solid place for engineers

Software Development Engineer • Former Employee

January 14, 2020

Pros: Basically, what you’d expect.

Cons: Not super high growth in most teams.

Solid place for engineers

Software Development Engineer • Former Employee

January 14, 2020

Pros: Basically, what you’d expect.

Cons: Not super high growth in most teams.

Overall, a good place to work at

Software Development Engineer • Former Employee

February 23, 2020

Pros: - Working with the most professional people, and the most cutting-edge technologies. - Great work-life balance.

Cons: - Compensation package is fair at best. It does not compete well against the other mega-corporates, and sometimes not even against above-average startups. - Corporate-like career; everyone advances at the same pace, with little consideration of abilities.

Overall, a good place to work at

Software Development Engineer • Former Employee

February 23, 2020

Pros: - Working with the most professional people, and the most cutting-edge technologies. - Great work-life balance.

Cons: - Compensation package is fair at best. It does not compete well against the other mega-corporates, and sometimes not even against above-average startups. - Corporate-like career; everyone advances at the same pace, with little consideration of abilities.

A great place to get started

Software Development Engineer • Former Employee

Bellevue, Washington, United States

Pros: Great place to land coming out of college as an engineer. I was surrounded by strong technical mentors and able to get up to speed with the industry without regularly working ridiculous hours. I truly appreciate the culture of work-life balance.

Cons: I was looking for opportunities to work hard and get ahead. I wanted to see my efforts and contributions reflected directly in my career trajectory, and I felt that I wasn't going to do significantly better in terms of learning or making advancements by working super hard. I also wanted to diversify my skill set instead of just focusing on engineering, and that was hard to do in the environment.

A great place to get started

Software Development Engineer • Former Employee

Bellevue, Washington, United States

Pros: Great place to land coming out of college as an engineer. I was surrounded by strong technical mentors and able to get up to speed with the industry without regularly working ridiculous hours. I truly appreciate the culture of work-life balance.

Cons: I was looking for opportunities to work hard and get ahead. I wanted to see my efforts and contributions reflected directly in my career trajectory, and I felt that I wasn't going to do significantly better in terms of learning or making advancements by working super hard. I also wanted to diversify my skill set instead of just focusing on engineering, and that was hard to do in the environment.

Solid place for engineers

Software Development Engineer • Former Employee

January 14, 2020

Pros: Basically, what you’d expect.

Cons: Not super high growth in most teams.

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Solid place for engineers
Software Development Engineer • Former Employee
January 14, 2020
Pros: Basically, what you’d expect.
Cons: Not super high growth in most teams.

Overall, a good place to work at

Software Development Engineer • Former Employee

February 23, 2020

Pros: - Working with the most professional people, and the most cutting-edge technologies. - Great work-life balance.

Cons: - Compensation package is fair at best. It does not compete well against the other mega-corporates, and sometimes not even against above-average startups. - Corporate-like career; everyone advances at the same pace, with little consideration of abilities.

4.0
Overall, a good place to work at
Software Development Engineer • Former Employee
February 23, 2020
Pros: - Working with the most professional people, and the most cutting-edge technologies. - Great work-life balance.
Cons: - Compensation package is fair at best. It does not compete well against the other mega-corporates, and sometimes not even against above-average startups. - Corporate-like career; everyone advances at the same pace, with little consideration of abilities.

A great place to get started

Software Development Engineer • Former Employee

Bellevue, Washington, United States

Pros: Great place to land coming out of college as an engineer. I was surrounded by strong technical mentors and able to get up to speed with the industry without regularly working ridiculous hours. I truly appreciate the culture of work-life balance.

Cons: I was looking for opportunities to work hard and get ahead. I wanted to see my efforts and contributions reflected directly in my career trajectory, and I felt that I wasn't going to do significantly better in terms of learning or making advancements by working super hard. I also wanted to diversify my skill set instead of just focusing on engineering, and that was hard to do in the environment.

4.0
A great place to get started
Software Development Engineer • Former Employee
Bellevue, Washington, United States
March 7, 2016
Pros: Great place to land coming out of college as an engineer. I was surrounded by strong technical mentors and able to get up to speed with the industry without regularly working ridiculous hours. I truly appreciate the culture of work-life balance.
Cons: I was looking for opportunities to work hard and get ahead. I wanted to see my efforts and contributions reflected directly in my career trajectory, and I felt that I wasn't going to do significantly better in terms of learning or making advancements by working super hard. I also wanted to diversify my skill set instead of just focusing on engineering, and that was hard to do in the environment.

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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