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Software Engineer New Grad Interview Experience

November 1, 2021
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Technical Phone Screen (30 min) - Video call with an engineer.

Asked 1 technical question, followed by a few behavioral questions regarding my resume and experiences.

1 week - Heard back with news that I was moved forward to onsite.

Onsite:

Four back-to-back 1-hour interviews. Each interview consisted of questions about my resume, 1 LeetCode medium question (as I would run out of time), followed by time to ask questions to the engineers.

Questions

Reverse Words in a String

Find Path in a Maze

Find Pivot in Sorted Array

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 46 interview experiences for the Microsoft Software Engineer New Grad role in United States.

Success Rate

26%
Pass Rate

Microsoft's interview process for their Software Engineer New Grad roles in the United States is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive57%
Neutral33%
Negative11%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Microsoft's Software Engineer New Grad interview process in United States.

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