Microsoft

Software Development Engineer Interview Experience

October 12, 2014

Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The campus on-site interview lasted 30 minutes.

As is typical with campus interviews, the interviewer first introduced their group's work at Microsoft. Following this, they asked some standard behavioral questions, such as, "What was the most difficult project on your resume?"

The technical portion involved a relatively simple question about linked lists.

Questions

Reverse a Linked List

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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

A nice place to work

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Bellevue, Washington, United States

Pros: World-class project, friendly people, great working environment, free drinks at every level.

Cons: No free lunch, kind of bureaucratic.

A nice place to work

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Bellevue, Washington, United States

Pros: World-class project, friendly people, great working environment, free drinks at every level.

Cons: No free lunch, kind of bureaucratic.

Fantastic employer with a focus on customers and results

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: The team is very close-knit, and there are lots of morale events. People work hard and are extremely passionate about what they do. The pay and benefits are very good, and the management strives for high results and driving forward the company's vision. As an intern, the opportunities to meet with senior executives and technical leaders is unparalleled. There is also a passion for quality that I have not seen at other companies that I have worked for.

Cons: Work sometimes gets stressful, and sometimes there is not enough collaboration between teams. Products are not marketed well enough. Technically superior products, like Azure, are not market leaders.

Fantastic employer with a focus on customers and results

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: The team is very close-knit, and there are lots of morale events. People work hard and are extremely passionate about what they do. The pay and benefits are very good, and the management strives for high results and driving forward the company's vision. As an intern, the opportunities to meet with senior executives and technical leaders is unparalleled. There is also a passion for quality that I have not seen at other companies that I have worked for.

Cons: Work sometimes gets stressful, and sometimes there is not enough collaboration between teams. Products are not marketed well enough. Technically superior products, like Azure, are not market leaders.

Interesting Problems, Bureaucratic Blocks

Software Development Engineer • Former Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: Great benefits. Redmond campus has some great places to work. Always a ton of interesting problems to solve. Impact on computing, software development, and most anyone who uses a computer is hard to overstate.

Cons: Huge company, not even a company really, but a ton of smaller companies that don't always work well together. Huge products like Windows, Office, etc., can stifle innovation that might lead to competition. Many larger groups are run top-down, and giving feedback can be difficult, especially around arbitrary technical decisions.

Interesting Problems, Bureaucratic Blocks

Software Development Engineer • Former Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: Great benefits. Redmond campus has some great places to work. Always a ton of interesting problems to solve. Impact on computing, software development, and most anyone who uses a computer is hard to overstate.

Cons: Huge company, not even a company really, but a ton of smaller companies that don't always work well together. Huge products like Windows, Office, etc., can stifle innovation that might lead to competition. Many larger groups are run top-down, and giving feedback can be difficult, especially around arbitrary technical decisions.

A nice place to work

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Bellevue, Washington, United States

Pros: World-class project, friendly people, great working environment, free drinks at every level.

Cons: No free lunch, kind of bureaucratic.

5.0
A nice place to work
Software Development Engineer • Current Employee
Bellevue, Washington, United States
July 4, 2016
Pros: World-class project, friendly people, great working environment, free drinks at every level.
Cons: No free lunch, kind of bureaucratic.

Fantastic employer with a focus on customers and results

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: The team is very close-knit, and there are lots of morale events. People work hard and are extremely passionate about what they do. The pay and benefits are very good, and the management strives for high results and driving forward the company's vision. As an intern, the opportunities to meet with senior executives and technical leaders is unparalleled. There is also a passion for quality that I have not seen at other companies that I have worked for.

Cons: Work sometimes gets stressful, and sometimes there is not enough collaboration between teams. Products are not marketed well enough. Technically superior products, like Azure, are not market leaders.

5.0
Fantastic employer with a focus on customers and results
Software Development Engineer • Current Employee
Redmond, Washington, United States
July 26, 2012
Pros: The team is very close-knit, and there are lots of morale events. People work hard and are extremely passionate about what they do. The pay and benefits are very good, and the management strives for high results and driving forward the company's vision. As an intern, the opportunities to meet with senior executives and technical leaders is unparalleled. There is also a passion for quality that I have not seen at other companies that I have worked for.
Cons: Work sometimes gets stressful, and sometimes there is not enough collaboration between teams. Products are not marketed well enough. Technically superior products, like Azure, are not market leaders.

Interesting Problems, Bureaucratic Blocks

Software Development Engineer • Former Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: Great benefits. Redmond campus has some great places to work. Always a ton of interesting problems to solve. Impact on computing, software development, and most anyone who uses a computer is hard to overstate.

Cons: Huge company, not even a company really, but a ton of smaller companies that don't always work well together. Huge products like Windows, Office, etc., can stifle innovation that might lead to competition. Many larger groups are run top-down, and giving feedback can be difficult, especially around arbitrary technical decisions.

3.0
Interesting Problems, Bureaucratic Blocks
Software Development Engineer • Former Employee
Redmond, Washington, United States
June 11, 2014
Pros: Great benefits. Redmond campus has some great places to work. Always a ton of interesting problems to solve. Impact on computing, software development, and most anyone who uses a computer is hard to overstate.
Cons: Huge company, not even a company really, but a ton of smaller companies that don't always work well together. Huge products like Windows, Office, etc., can stifle innovation that might lead to competition. Many larger groups are run top-down, and giving feedback can be difficult, especially around arbitrary technical decisions.

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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