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Software Engineer New Grad Interview Experience - Redmond, Washington

February 1, 2019
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

One phone interview (30 minutes):

Very short, and the person was insightful with advice on how to further your career.

One on-site interview (4 rounds):

Three out of the four interviewers were encouraging and thought-provoking.

Questions

Phone Interview: Fibonacci series (time complexity), test cases for the function.

Onsite Interview: 4 rounds with various teams. Each team asked one technical interview, followed by questions to explain previous projects, the purpose of those projects, and why I decided to take the approaches I did.

Round 1: String Manipulation (code and test cases).

Round 2: String Manipulation (code and how to handle a big volume of files).

Round 3: Lunch Interview about System Design (queuing techniques for games).

Round 4: Core Java concepts: What is OOP? Explain its properties. Data structures you are confident in and one technical question based on that. Create a queue using stacks.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 11 interview experiences for the Microsoft Software Engineer New Grad role in Redmond, Washington.

Success Rate

36%
Pass Rate

Microsoft's interview process for their Software Engineer New Grad roles in Redmond, Washington is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive73%
Neutral18%
Negative9%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Microsoft's Software Engineer New Grad interview process in Redmond, Washington.

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