Software Engineer Interview Experience - Redmond, Washington
January 31, 2022
Positive ExperienceNo Offer
Process
Went through a recruiter call and then four rounds of technical interviews.
All coding questions were of medium difficulty.
Basic data structure knowledge will be really helpful. Make sure you go through all the details of a data structure.
Questions
Tree, Array, and Strings questions.
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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
3.0
Great place to work, but not turning out well for me
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Redmond, Washington, United States
June 20, 2016
Pros: Great culture and benefits, a beautiful campus, and a laid-back culture are my favorite parts about working at Microsoft.
Cons: I feel that I was put into the wrong team to start with, and I think it might take a while before I can get into a position that I truly enjoy. I haven't yet found a good opportunity to switch teams. Learning the internal tools and processes can be a huge challenge if you don't know the right people, and there seems to be little effort in aligning teams with each other. There are multiple internal tools all solving the same problem.
3.0
Good Culture, Tough Balance
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Redmond, Washington, United States
August 16, 2021
Pros: Work Culture, helpful teammates, diversity and inclusion, Good Rewards, Family benefits and Less
Cons: Merit increase percentage is not the best in the market. Work-life balance for SDEs is not great.
4.0
Good work-life balance
Software Engineer • Former Employee
Redmond, Washington, United States
January 31, 2021
Pros: Work-life balance, growth mindset, fast company growth.
Cons: Bureaucratic at times, too many middle management layers.
- 3.0Great place to work, but not turning out well for meSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeRedmond, Washington, United StatesJune 20, 2016Pros: Great culture and benefits, a beautiful campus, and a laid-back culture are my favorite parts about working at Microsoft.Cons: I feel that I was put into the wrong team to start with, and I think it might take a while before I can get into a position that I truly enjoy. I haven't yet found a good opportunity to switch teams. Learning the internal tools and processes can be a huge challenge if you don't know the right people, and there seems to be little effort in aligning teams with each other. There are multiple internal tools all solving the same problem.
- 3.0Good Culture, Tough BalanceSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeRedmond, Washington, United StatesAugust 16, 2021Pros: Work Culture, helpful teammates, diversity and inclusion, Good Rewards, Family benefits and LessCons: Merit increase percentage is not the best in the market. Work-life balance for SDEs is not great.
- 4.0Good work-life balanceSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeRedmond, Washington, United StatesJanuary 31, 2021Pros: Work-life balance, growth mindset, fast company growth.Cons: Bureaucratic at times, too many middle management layers.
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