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Software Development Engineer Interview Experience

October 6, 2015
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The interview process typically begins with a referral or a school career fair, followed by a phone screen, and then an onsite interview.

You might be applying for a software engineering or a program manager (PM) role, though often the company doesn't take your preferences into account.

The onsite interview consists of 3 to 5 interviews, which oddly varied depending on the individual.

Questions

A recruiter read off a list of questions from a sheet of paper and recorded them down.

Questions were things like:

  • Tell me a time when you worked on a team; what role did you play.
  • Tell me a time when you faced a technical difficulty.
  • How many lines of code was your biggest project?
  • Tell me about a project you've worked on.
  • Do you like problem-solving?

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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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