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Software Development Engineer Interview Experience - United States

October 10, 2014
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Applied through the campus career fair and was contacted the next day by email for on-campus interviews.

Interviews were held two weeks later.

Each interview was 30 minutes long, with approximately:

  • 10-15 minutes discussing your resume accomplishments
  • 10 minutes presenting a single coding problem
  • 5-10 minutes discussing the problem, what you would have done differently, and how to test for bugs.

Questions

Reverse all words in a sentence.

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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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