Process
The long interview process takes a lot of time. The questions are not that tough but surely tricky.
Overall, it was a good experience for me. The interview was nice and made me think of solutions in different ways.
Questions
Oops, Basics, DS and Algo, Tree chart
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 293 interview experiences for the Microsoft Software Engineer role in India.
Success Rate
30%
Pass Rate
Microsoft's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in India is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Positive78%
Neutral17%
Negative5%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Microsoft's Software Engineer interview process in India.
Microsoft Work Experiences
3.0
Nice job, but boring
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Redmond, Washington, United States
May 23, 2021
Pros: Pay is good. I'm told the benefits are nice, too. Work can get pretty easy sometimes.
Cons: It's pretty boring, all told. My experience has very much been: they tell me what to do, and I do it.
I really hate my team's tech stack, too. I think I would literally be 1.5-2x more productive if I didn't have to fight/grope through our build system to accomplish stupidly basic tasks like adding unit tests and making sure DLLs end up in the right directories.
4.0
Great Wlb, Low Salary
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
June 8, 2022
Pros: WLB is really, really good.
Cons: Salary kind of low... lol
4.0
Great so far
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Redmond, Washington, United States
March 22, 2016
Pros: Great benefits and pay.
Microsoft is striving forward to be more open and shed off pre-existing bureaucracy. At the same time, they're working hard to make better and more secure products.
Cons: Nothing of much significance so far. The only con I see is that because of the size, it will be difficult to navigate through stuff initially.
- 3.0Nice job, but boringSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeRedmond, Washington, United StatesMay 23, 2021Pros: Pay is good. I'm told the benefits are nice, too. Work can get pretty easy sometimes.Cons: It's pretty boring, all told. My experience has very much been: they tell me what to do, and I do it. I really hate my team's tech stack, too. I think I would literally be 1.5-2x more productive if I didn't have to fight/grope through our build system to accomplish stupidly basic tasks like adding unit tests and making sure DLLs end up in the right directories.
- 4.0Great Wlb, Low SalarySoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSuzhou, Jiangsu, ChinaJune 8, 2022Pros: WLB is really, really good.Cons: Salary kind of low... lol
- 4.0Great so farSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeRedmond, Washington, United StatesMarch 22, 2016Pros: Great benefits and pay. Microsoft is striving forward to be more open and shed off pre-existing bureaucracy. At the same time, they're working hard to make better and more secure products.Cons: Nothing of much significance so far. The only con I see is that because of the size, it will be difficult to navigate through stuff initially.
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