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Software Development Engineer Interview Experience

October 1, 2019
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Process

I applied online through LinkedIn.

Then, I received an email for an in-campus interview.

It was an average interview. The interviewer had 20 years of experience at Microsoft.

Questions

Behavioral questions:

  1. Tell me about a time when you had a different idea for approaching a problem, but your teammate decided on another approach. How did you manage?

  2. Describe a time when you were unable to deliver what you had committed to.

Technical question:

The getNext() function will return either a single-digit operator or a single digit. When getNext() returns null, it signifies that the expression has been completely processed. Evaluate the arithmetic expression and return its value.

Follow-up: Do this in constant space.

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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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