Microsoft

Software Development Engineer Interview Experience

October 14, 2013

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

On-campus interview.

30 minutes.

Half behavioral questions.

Two simple technical questions, but I didn't solve them fast enough.

Questions

What are the most technical challenges you have ever had?

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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

Challenging, Rewarding Work

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Hyderābād, Telangana, India

Pros: Challenging roles. A handful of salary. A healthy culture and professionalism. Full of perks.

Cons: A bit more pressure than other companies, but the salary compensates for it.

Challenging, Rewarding Work

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Hyderābād, Telangana, India

Pros: Challenging roles. A handful of salary. A healthy culture and professionalism. Full of perks.

Cons: A bit more pressure than other companies, but the salary compensates for it.

So far so good

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: Solid business, work-life balancing, challenge development work.

Cons: less of an environment of collaborating and knowledge sharing

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: Solid business, work-life balancing, challenge development work.

Cons: less of an environment of collaborating and knowledge sharing

Decent job with decent pay

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: 1. Work-life balance most likely depends on the team you are working with and how the PM plans. 2. Promotions and bonuses vary a lot by team and org.

Cons: 1. MSFT is a PM-driven company, instead of a place where engineering rules. 2. Work-life balance is ruined when PMs do bad planning. 3. Spent 26 billion to buy LinkedIn without spending 1 billion to provide employees with free lunch. 4. Hate self-hosting, which wastes lots of dev effort and engineering time.

Decent job with decent pay

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: 1. Work-life balance most likely depends on the team you are working with and how the PM plans. 2. Promotions and bonuses vary a lot by team and org.

Cons: 1. MSFT is a PM-driven company, instead of a place where engineering rules. 2. Work-life balance is ruined when PMs do bad planning. 3. Spent 26 billion to buy LinkedIn without spending 1 billion to provide employees with free lunch. 4. Hate self-hosting, which wastes lots of dev effort and engineering time.

Challenging, Rewarding Work

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Hyderābād, Telangana, India

Pros: Challenging roles. A handful of salary. A healthy culture and professionalism. Full of perks.

Cons: A bit more pressure than other companies, but the salary compensates for it.

4.0
Challenging, Rewarding Work
Software Development Engineer • Current Employee
Hyderābād, Telangana, India
March 29, 2013
Pros: Challenging roles. A handful of salary. A healthy culture and professionalism. Full of perks.
Cons: A bit more pressure than other companies, but the salary compensates for it.

So far so good

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: Solid business, work-life balancing, challenge development work.

Cons: less of an environment of collaborating and knowledge sharing

4.0
So far so good
Software Development Engineer • Current Employee
Redmond, Washington, United States
March 2, 2014
Pros: Solid business, work-life balancing, challenge development work.
Cons: less of an environment of collaborating and knowledge sharing

Decent job with decent pay

Software Development Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: 1. Work-life balance most likely depends on the team you are working with and how the PM plans. 2. Promotions and bonuses vary a lot by team and org.

Cons: 1. MSFT is a PM-driven company, instead of a place where engineering rules. 2. Work-life balance is ruined when PMs do bad planning. 3. Spent 26 billion to buy LinkedIn without spending 1 billion to provide employees with free lunch. 4. Hate self-hosting, which wastes lots of dev effort and engineering time.

4.0
Decent job with decent pay
Software Development Engineer • Current Employee
Redmond, Washington, United States
June 29, 2016
Pros: 1. Work-life balance most likely depends on the team you are working with and how the PM plans. 2. Promotions and bonuses vary a lot by team and org.
Cons: 1. MSFT is a PM-driven company, instead of a place where engineering rules. 2. Work-life balance is ruined when PMs do bad planning. 3. Spent 26 billion to buy LinkedIn without spending 1 billion to provide employees with free lunch. 4. Hate self-hosting, which wastes lots of dev effort and engineering time.

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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