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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Redmond, Washington

December 1, 2016
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Process

The first round was a phone interview that covered basic questions about my experience and a logic question.

The second and final round of interviews was on-site, consisting of four one-hour interviews with a short break in between.

These interviews involved simple coding problems designed to assess your thought process. They were not intended to be tricky, so taking your time and thinking through them was key.

Additionally, some Project Management-related questions were asked, drawing from my resume.

Questions

Discussed how hash maps and stacks work in Java.

Graph theory problem (building a simple web crawler).

Find the column number on an Excel sheet given its alphabetic label (A - 1, B - 2, AA - 27, BA - 55).

Questions about my resume: What team would I work on if I could work with anyone?

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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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