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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Johannesburg, South Africa

February 24, 2019

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Recruiters came to my school to tell us about the opportunity. There was an online application, followed by a face-to-face interview, then an online technical assessment, then a final assessment in Johannesburg.

Questions

Palindrome.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Microsoft Software Engineer role in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Success Rate

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Pass Rate

Microsoft's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in Johannesburg, South Africa is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive100%

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Candidates reported having very good feelings for Microsoft's Software Engineer interview process in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Microsoft Work Experiences

Great Skills, High Pressure

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: State-of-the-art engineering practices. Highly skilled coworkers willing to share knowledge and techniques for developing software. Good benefits and salary.

Cons: Very high-pressure environment. Recent changes have caused teamwork to be de-emphasized and practices to focus on individual work and achievement.

Great Skills, High Pressure

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: State-of-the-art engineering practices. Highly skilled coworkers willing to share knowledge and techniques for developing software. Good benefits and salary.

Cons: Very high-pressure environment. Recent changes have caused teamwork to be de-emphasized and practices to focus on individual work and achievement.

Great Place To Work

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

January 24, 2016

Pros: Learning Impact on World Competitive Benefits Compensation Crowd Ability to innovate Cross-company collaboration is simple

Cons: Culture includes lack of social interaction.

Great Place To Work

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

January 24, 2016

Pros: Learning Impact on World Competitive Benefits Compensation Crowd Ability to innovate Cross-company collaboration is simple

Cons: Culture includes lack of social interaction.

Good work-life balance

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Seattle, Washington, United States

January 7, 2021

Pros: Work-life balance, easy to join.

Cons: Stressful teams, diversity, disrespect, mismanagement.

Good work-life balance

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Seattle, Washington, United States

January 7, 2021

Pros: Work-life balance, easy to join.

Cons: Stressful teams, diversity, disrespect, mismanagement.

Great Skills, High Pressure

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: State-of-the-art engineering practices. Highly skilled coworkers willing to share knowledge and techniques for developing software. Good benefits and salary.

Cons: Very high-pressure environment. Recent changes have caused teamwork to be de-emphasized and practices to focus on individual work and achievement.

4.0
Great Skills, High Pressure
Software Engineer • Former Employee
Redmond, Washington, United States
April 25, 2016
Pros: State-of-the-art engineering practices. Highly skilled coworkers willing to share knowledge and techniques for developing software. Good benefits and salary.
Cons: Very high-pressure environment. Recent changes have caused teamwork to be de-emphasized and practices to focus on individual work and achievement.

Great Place To Work

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

January 24, 2016

Pros: Learning Impact on World Competitive Benefits Compensation Crowd Ability to innovate Cross-company collaboration is simple

Cons: Culture includes lack of social interaction.

5.0
Great Place To Work
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Redmond, Washington, United States
January 24, 2016
Pros: Learning Impact on World Competitive Benefits Compensation Crowd Ability to innovate Cross-company collaboration is simple
Cons: Culture includes lack of social interaction.

Good work-life balance

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Seattle, Washington, United States

January 7, 2021

Pros: Work-life balance, easy to join.

Cons: Stressful teams, diversity, disrespect, mismanagement.

5.0
Good work-life balance
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Seattle, Washington, United States
January 7, 2021
Pros: Work-life balance, easy to join.
Cons: Stressful teams, diversity, disrespect, mismanagement.

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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