Microsoft

Software Engineer Interview Experience - Dublin, Ireland

August 8, 2024

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The technical interview process consisted of three rounds:

Data Structures
Object-Oriented Programming (OOPS)
System Design

The OOPS round question was to design a movie ticket booking system. The Data Structures round focused on tree data structures and included one algorithm question (Target Sum).

Questions

Design a movie ticketing system that is scalable, reliable, and available.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 41 interview experiences for the Microsoft Software Engineer role in Dublin, Ireland.

Success Rate

24%

Pass Rate

Microsoft's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in Dublin, Ireland is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive51%

Neutral34%

Negative15%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Microsoft's Software Engineer interview process in Dublin, Ireland.

Microsoft Work Experiences

Working as a Vendor/Contractor

Software Engineer • Current Employee

January 15, 2020

Pros: Microsoft on your resumé Nice, talented team Fair compensation

Cons: Another company pays you, so your name will have the company logo on every communication channel. You will have an e-mail showing you're not a full-time employee. If you're lucky, you'll get your manager's 5-year-old PC when they get $20k ones. You won't be able to access many links or systems. Although you work 40 hours a week just like anyone else, you won't be invited to offsites. You won't do any HR training, so you don't know the company's guidelines. You won't get a bonus or stocks, and you'll hear your colleagues talk about that incessantly.

Working as a Vendor/Contractor

Software Engineer • Current Employee

January 15, 2020

Pros: Microsoft on your resumé Nice, talented team Fair compensation

Cons: Another company pays you, so your name will have the company logo on every communication channel. You will have an e-mail showing you're not a full-time employee. If you're lucky, you'll get your manager's 5-year-old PC when they get $20k ones. You won't be able to access many links or systems. Although you work 40 hours a week just like anyone else, you won't be invited to offsites. You won't do any HR training, so you don't know the company's guidelines. You won't get a bonus or stocks, and you'll hear your colleagues talk about that incessantly.

Good place to work.

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

January 19, 2022

Pros: Good work-life balance

Cons: None that are very important.

Good place to work.

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

January 19, 2022

Pros: Good work-life balance

Cons: None that are very important.

Great Culture, Bad Hr

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Hyderābād, Telangana, India

August 12, 2020

Pros: Nice atmosphere and work culture.

Cons: HR is not good and lazy.

Great Culture, Bad Hr

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Hyderābād, Telangana, India

August 12, 2020

Pros: Nice atmosphere and work culture.

Cons: HR is not good and lazy.

Working as a Vendor/Contractor

Software Engineer • Current Employee

January 15, 2020

Pros: Microsoft on your resumé Nice, talented team Fair compensation

Cons: Another company pays you, so your name will have the company logo on every communication channel. You will have an e-mail showing you're not a full-time employee. If you're lucky, you'll get your manager's 5-year-old PC when they get $20k ones. You won't be able to access many links or systems. Although you work 40 hours a week just like anyone else, you won't be invited to offsites. You won't do any HR training, so you don't know the company's guidelines. You won't get a bonus or stocks, and you'll hear your colleagues talk about that incessantly.

2.0
Working as a Vendor/Contractor
Software Engineer • Current Employee
January 15, 2020
Pros: Microsoft on your resumé Nice, talented team Fair compensation
Cons: Another company pays you, so your name will have the company logo on every communication channel. You will have an e-mail showing you're not a full-time employee. If you're lucky, you'll get your manager's 5-year-old PC when they get $20k ones. You won't be able to access many links or systems. Although you work 40 hours a week just like anyone else, you won't be invited to offsites. You won't do any HR training, so you don't know the company's guidelines. You won't get a bonus or stocks, and you'll hear your colleagues talk about that incessantly.

Good place to work.

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

January 19, 2022

Pros: Good work-life balance

Cons: None that are very important.

5.0
Good place to work.
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
January 19, 2022
Pros: Good work-life balance
Cons: None that are very important.

Great Culture, Bad Hr

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Hyderābād, Telangana, India

August 12, 2020

Pros: Nice atmosphere and work culture.

Cons: HR is not good and lazy.

4.0
Great Culture, Bad Hr
Software Engineer • Former Employee
Hyderābād, Telangana, India
August 12, 2020
Pros: Nice atmosphere and work culture.
Cons: HR is not good and lazy.

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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