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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Redmond, Washington

February 1, 2021
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Process

1st round: 30 minutes with a developer on Codility, doing one medium question.

Final round: Four 45-minute sessions back-to-back on Codility, with a 15-minute break in between. Each interviewer will usually give one easy or medium question, which you are expected to complete in approximately 30 minutes with a close-to-optimal solution. They will also give you 2-3 behavioral questions, focusing less on specific projects on your resume and more on prompts like, "Tell me about a time when you... xyz."

Questions

Given a linked list and an int k, how would you swap the value of the kth element from the head with the kth element from the tail?

Given an n-ary tree, how would you perform zigzag level-order traversal?

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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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