Software Engineer II Interview Experience - Seattle, Washington
Process
One of my friends working at Microsoft forwarded my resume to a manager there.
My resume got attention, and a recruiter contacted me for a phone interview.
The person on the phone was really cool. After a short introduction, they started to ask me some questions about my research and industry experience:
- Why I want to join Microsoft.
- A few questions about OOP and UML.
- They also asked how to check whether a binary tree is a BST and to write the code.
- Given a BST and a key value, return a pointer in the tree with this key value if available. If not, return a pointer to the node with a key value that is the next smallest (or largest) to the given key.
- A design problem for OOP using abstract classes, interfaces, and inheritance. I can't remember the details.
Questions
How to implement mutual exclusion in Operating Systems?
- For 2 processes?
- For n processes?
How to generate 2 independent random variables using a single random generator?
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Microsoft Work Experiences
- 5.0Good company cultureSoftware Engineer II • Current EmployeeSeattle, Washington, United StatesApril 19, 2021Pros: Work-life balance is best among the big tech.Cons: Salary is less compared to other big tech companies.
- 4.0Chill Pace, Great PaySoftware Engineer II • Current EmployeeSeattle, Washington, United StatesDecember 17, 2024Pros: Chill, good balance, good comp.Cons: Too chill, slow-paced, bad consumer-facing products.
- 4.0Good Balance, Bad On-callSoftware Engineer II • Current EmployeeSeattle, Washington, United StatesOctober 7, 2021Pros: Good work-life balance most of the time.Cons: Going on call is bad.
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