Microsoft

Software Engineer Interview Experience - India

September 5, 2020

Positive ExperienceGot Offer

Process

There were 4 rounds in total:

Coding round - 1 Hr
Online interview - 30 min
Offline test - 1 Hr
HR round - 15 min

Questions asked were of easy to medium level.

Questions

You are given an array consisting of zeroes and ones. You have to flip a zero such that the sum of the distance between consecutive ones is maximized.

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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

A good place to settle

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

September 5, 2023

Pros: Steady learning & growth path

Cons: Low pay as per market standard

A good place to settle

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

September 5, 2023

Pros: Steady learning & growth path

Cons: Low pay as per market standard

Amazing Office, Terrible Balance

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Pros: Great benefits, and the offices are amazing.

Cons: - No work-life balance. Burnout.

Amazing Office, Terrible Balance

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Pros: Great benefits, and the offices are amazing.

Cons: - No work-life balance. Burnout.

A Great, Stable Employer

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: Great work/life balance. They encourage you to work in areas you are interested in. Overall, it's really easy to make a good impression, and the engineers you work with are top talent who know how to do their jobs well. You can learn a lot from your coworkers.

Cons: It's big tech, so the "ship" turns very slowly. You probably won't do anything particularly risky in your day-to-day work unless you seek out side projects and advocate heavily for them to be funded.

A Great, Stable Employer

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: Great work/life balance. They encourage you to work in areas you are interested in. Overall, it's really easy to make a good impression, and the engineers you work with are top talent who know how to do their jobs well. You can learn a lot from your coworkers.

Cons: It's big tech, so the "ship" turns very slowly. You probably won't do anything particularly risky in your day-to-day work unless you seek out side projects and advocate heavily for them to be funded.

A good place to settle

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

September 5, 2023

Pros: Steady learning & growth path

Cons: Low pay as per market standard

4.0
A good place to settle
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
September 5, 2023
Pros: Steady learning & growth path
Cons: Low pay as per market standard

Amazing Office, Terrible Balance

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Pros: Great benefits, and the offices are amazing.

Cons: - No work-life balance. Burnout.

3.0
Amazing Office, Terrible Balance
Software Engineer • Former Employee
August 1, 2022
Pros: Great benefits, and the offices are amazing.
Cons: - No work-life balance. Burnout.

A Great, Stable Employer

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: Great work/life balance. They encourage you to work in areas you are interested in. Overall, it's really easy to make a good impression, and the engineers you work with are top talent who know how to do their jobs well. You can learn a lot from your coworkers.

Cons: It's big tech, so the "ship" turns very slowly. You probably won't do anything particularly risky in your day-to-day work unless you seek out side projects and advocate heavily for them to be funded.

4.0
A Great, Stable Employer
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Redmond, Washington, United States
July 12, 2021
Pros: Great work/life balance. They encourage you to work in areas you are interested in. Overall, it's really easy to make a good impression, and the engineers you work with are top talent who know how to do their jobs well. You can learn a lot from your coworkers.
Cons: It's big tech, so the "ship" turns very slowly. You probably won't do anything particularly risky in your day-to-day work unless you seek out side projects and advocate heavily for them to be funded.

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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