Microsoft

Software Engineer Interview Experience - Redmond, Washington

August 12, 2018

Positive ExperienceGot Offer

Process

A very standard tech interview overall.

The phone screen involves a technical question requiring coding on a shared editor.

Onsite consists of 5 rounds:

The first 4 rounds are with managers and senior engineers of the organization.
The last round is with the head of the organization.

Each round can be either coding or design. Coding problems are mostly related to basic data structure and algorithm understanding.

Questions

Something related to data structures, such as a list or a tree.

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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.

Microsoft Work Experiences

Young people, please don't go to Microsoft

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: Good benefits, relaxing work. Good for your resume.

Cons: Most of the team members are old and senior. There isn't much fun at the office.

Young people, please don't go to Microsoft

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: Good benefits, relaxing work. Good for your resume.

Cons: Most of the team members are old and senior. There isn't much fun at the office.

Worked at Microsoft

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: Microsoft is an awesome company, especially if you have a family. The work/life balance is very reasonable, and the benefits are great.

Cons: Microsoft is a big company. You can find almost everything developed internally. If you stay too long there, you may find yourself kind of being separated from the rest of the industry.

Worked at Microsoft

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: Microsoft is an awesome company, especially if you have a family. The work/life balance is very reasonable, and the benefits are great.

Cons: Microsoft is a big company. You can find almost everything developed internally. If you stay too long there, you may find yourself kind of being separated from the rest of the industry.

Good Flex, Smart Team

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

January 21, 2019

Pros: Good Benefits Smart Peers Lots of Flexibility

Cons: Some bureaucracy and politics at times.

Good Flex, Smart Team

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

January 21, 2019

Pros: Good Benefits Smart Peers Lots of Flexibility

Cons: Some bureaucracy and politics at times.

Young people, please don't go to Microsoft

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: Good benefits, relaxing work. Good for your resume.

Cons: Most of the team members are old and senior. There isn't much fun at the office.

2.0
Young people, please don't go to Microsoft
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Redmond, Washington, United States
March 29, 2015
Pros: Good benefits, relaxing work. Good for your resume.
Cons: Most of the team members are old and senior. There isn't much fun at the office.

Worked at Microsoft

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: Microsoft is an awesome company, especially if you have a family. The work/life balance is very reasonable, and the benefits are great.

Cons: Microsoft is a big company. You can find almost everything developed internally. If you stay too long there, you may find yourself kind of being separated from the rest of the industry.

4.0
Worked at Microsoft
Software Engineer • Former Employee
Redmond, Washington, United States
June 12, 2017
Pros: Microsoft is an awesome company, especially if you have a family. The work/life balance is very reasonable, and the benefits are great.
Cons: Microsoft is a big company. You can find almost everything developed internally. If you stay too long there, you may find yourself kind of being separated from the rest of the industry.

Good Flex, Smart Team

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

January 21, 2019

Pros: Good Benefits Smart Peers Lots of Flexibility

Cons: Some bureaucracy and politics at times.

4.0
Good Flex, Smart Team
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Redmond, Washington, United States
January 21, 2019
Pros: Good Benefits Smart Peers Lots of Flexibility
Cons: Some bureaucracy and politics at times.

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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