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Software Engineer II Interview Experience - Seattle, Washington

July 1, 2021
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I was interviewed by a panel of four people, two from the same team. Although I solved three of the four questions, I received a "no hire" from one of the interviewers whose question I solved. This was because they voted with their boss, who also voted "no hire" on me. Absolutely disappointing and devastating.

Questions

The first question was Regex string matching, which I solved correctly and passed.

The second question involved implementing a calendar function that returned the day of the week for a given date, based on the day of the week of another date. I solved this correctly but was still failed.

The third question was to plot a line of 1s connecting two original 1s in a 2D array where all other elements were 0s. Half of the cases passed, but I was failed. The interviewer showed no interest in me as a candidate and didn't even look at me during the interview.

The fourth question was an introductory problem to topological sort. I received a "strong hire" rating as the interviewer was impressed that I identified it as a topological sort question.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 11 interview experiences for the Microsoft Software Engineer II role in Seattle, Washington.

Success Rate

27%
Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive73%
Neutral9%
Negative18%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Microsoft's Software Engineer II interview process in Seattle, Washington.

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