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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Redmond, Washington

April 1, 2009
Positive ExperienceGot Offer

Process

They treat their interviewees very well. They will provide a nice hotel, a rental car, and cover your expenses, allowing you to spend an extra day and night in the area to get to know it, explore, and have fun.

The interview itself lasts a fair part of the day and involves talking to several engineers. The questions are pretty standard algorithms and problem-solving questions. Almost all of them asked me to write code.

Even lunch was an interview, with topics covering facing difficulties, working in teams, interacting with others, and so on.

I was very impressed with the work, the offer, and the suggested flexibility.

Questions

How to write an evaluator for a string like "(1+3 * ( 5 / 4))" and get a numeric result.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 207 interview experiences for the Microsoft Software Engineer role in Redmond, Washington.

Success Rate

47%
Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive77%
Neutral14%
Negative8%

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

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