Software Engineer Interview Experience - Redmond, Washington
Process
I applied on their website and was contacted within a month for a phone screen. The hiring manager asked a fairly basic design question and ended the interview stating interest in having me come for an on-site.
The on-site consisted of five interviews and a lunch in the team's offices.
Questions
Given a file hierarchy, write an algorithm to traverse the hierarchy and process data in the file system.
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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
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
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Microsoft's Software Engineer interview process in Redmond, Washington.
Microsoft Work Experiences
- 5.0Good Balance, Benign Big CompanySoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeRedmond, Washington, United StatesAugust 22, 2024Pros: Life-work balance, remote or hybridCons: can be benign, big company
- 5.0Great Culture, Low PaySoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeRedmond, Washington, United StatesJanuary 14, 2024Pros: Good work culture, stable, and great.Cons: Low salary compared to market.
- 5.0Work at MicrosoftSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeRedmond, Washington, United StatesJuly 5, 2023Pros: Great work-life balance and benefits.Cons: None that I know of.
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