Software Development Engineer Interview Experience
Process
It was an on-campus interview that took a total of 30 minutes. It started with some general questions about your project experience and the biggest challenge on your project. Then, there was a whiteboard coding question. The interviewer was friendly and offered some tips before you started to write code on the whiteboard. After you finished, he asked if there were any improvements or optimizations for your code.
Questions
How to find the first common node of two lists given the heads of two linked lists.
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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
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
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Microsoft's Software Development Engineer interview process in United States.
Microsoft Work Experiences
- 4.0Great place to workSoftware Development Engineer • Current EmployeeBirmingham, England, United KingdomNovember 18, 2023Pros: Great place to work and grow.Cons: Still remains a good place to work.
- 5.0I like this companySoftware Development Engineer • Former EmployeeSuzhou, Jiangsu, ChinaDecember 19, 2016Pros: 1. It takes care of employees' careers. 2. The colleagues are very nice. 3. The environment is very good. 4. Work and life balance well.Cons: 1. I think it also has the common problem of big companies: it is very hard to make big changes. Sometimes it takes too much time to communicate with other teams.
- 3.0Microsoft Bing and Search Technology CenterSoftware Development Engineer • Former EmployeeBeijing, Beijing, ChinaNovember 20, 2017Pros: Microsoft is a giant ship, and it has many internal tools and platforms to improve your productivity. Working experience at Bing is also very useful for getting other jobs in the internet industry.Cons: The tech stack is MS specific and not open like others. Many middle-level managers and principal engineers were from MS's Office or Windows team, which have limited experience in search technology.
Microsoft Interview Questions
