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Software Development Engineer Interview Experience

October 1, 2014
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I met with a recruiter at a campus career fair and scheduled an on-campus screen two days later. This was followed up within less than a week with final-round interviews at a regional interviewing event. The process was quick.

The interviewers were flown in to a regional office instead of flying us out to Seattle. I believe this was because I had already visited their offices earlier in the year. So instead of meeting each interviewer in their office, all the interviewees were based in the same room with the recruiter, while the interviewers came in to get each of us for a 1:1 in a private room.

Questions

The technical questions were the usual; nothing out of the ordinary. I believe I did struggle with one of the questions.

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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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