Process
45-minute screening, followed by four hour-long technical interviews approximately five weeks later. A handful of behavioral questions precede a technical coding question. There were two interviews with engineers and two with managers.
Questions
Construct a binary tree of minimum height from a sorted list.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 78 interview experiences for the Microsoft Software Engineer role in Canada.
Success Rate
24%
Pass Rate
Microsoft's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in Canada is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Positive65%
Neutral24%
Negative10%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Microsoft's Software Engineer interview process in Canada.
Microsoft Work Experiences
2.0
Eternal toxic culture
Software Engineer • Current Employee
January 20, 2019
Pros: You get reliably paid without weird financial loops.
The aspirations of senior execs are exemplary.
Ideals appeared laudable.
Cons: The reality is that nobody in the company cares about ideals, morality, trust, or collaboration. It is and has always been a microworld of power struggles. If you do not have power, you will be raped, figuratively and literally.
The company keeps questionable people in leadership positions. HR will not help rank-and-file employees; their main mission is to protect the business unit kingdoms.
Be warned: the culture empowers people in power to "rape." HR will protect them; what they preach is all smoke and mirrors. As long as the company has money and makes more, anything is tolerated and covered up.
4.0
Challenging But Too Big
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
February 4, 2024
Pros: A challenging place to be.
Cons: Too big of a place
4.0
A great place for hard-working software engineers in their early career
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
May 23, 2022
Pros: High-scale challenges, advanced technology, and very nice people.
Cons: Not all groups are the same, but in my group, there is a significant lack of vision.
Work-life balance might be better in other places.
- 2.0Eternal toxic cultureSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeJanuary 20, 2019Pros: You get reliably paid without weird financial loops. The aspirations of senior execs are exemplary. Ideals appeared laudable.Cons: The reality is that nobody in the company cares about ideals, morality, trust, or collaboration. It is and has always been a microworld of power struggles. If you do not have power, you will be raped, figuratively and literally. The company keeps questionable people in leadership positions. HR will not help rank-and-file employees; their main mission is to protect the business unit kingdoms. Be warned: the culture empowers people in power to "rape." HR will protect them; what they preach is all smoke and mirrors. As long as the company has money and makes more, anything is tolerated and covered up.
- 4.0Challenging But Too BigSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeMilwaukee, Wisconsin, United StatesFebruary 4, 2024Pros: A challenging place to be.Cons: Too big of a place
- 4.0A great place for hard-working software engineers in their early careerSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeTel Aviv-Yafo, IsraelMay 23, 2022Pros: High-scale challenges, advanced technology, and very nice people.Cons: Not all groups are the same, but in my group, there is a significant lack of vision. Work-life balance might be better in other places.
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