Microsoft

Software Engineer Interview Experience - Redmond, Washington

March 1, 2016

Positive ExperienceGot Offer

Process

1 session on-campus interview. 4 sessions on-site interview. An offer was given on my way back. Questions were fairly simple. People here are nice. A great working environment.

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

Big company, big benefits, big competition

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: Microsoft can be thought of as a company of companies that's changing its ways to become united and up to date. Microsoft has very good benefits, perks, and opportunity to work on many things.

Cons: Quite bureaucratic and still very much so transitioning to be an agile and modern software company. At times, still holding onto old methodologies and practices, as well as sticking to old technologies.

Big company, big benefits, big competition

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: Microsoft can be thought of as a company of companies that's changing its ways to become united and up to date. Microsoft has very good benefits, perks, and opportunity to work on many things.

Cons: Quite bureaucratic and still very much so transitioning to be an agile and modern software company. At times, still holding onto old methodologies and practices, as well as sticking to old technologies.

Culture has gone downhill

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: Wonderful and collaborative coworkers. Good benefits.

Cons: Corporate culture has really gone down the drain.

Culture has gone downhill

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: Wonderful and collaborative coworkers. Good benefits.

Cons: Corporate culture has really gone down the drain.

Varied Work, Inconsistent Rewards

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: Product variety to choose from without switching companies.

Cons: Promotions, bonus, and evaluation criteria vary within the company.

Varied Work, Inconsistent Rewards

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: Product variety to choose from without switching companies.

Cons: Promotions, bonus, and evaluation criteria vary within the company.

Big company, big benefits, big competition

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: Microsoft can be thought of as a company of companies that's changing its ways to become united and up to date. Microsoft has very good benefits, perks, and opportunity to work on many things.

Cons: Quite bureaucratic and still very much so transitioning to be an agile and modern software company. At times, still holding onto old methodologies and practices, as well as sticking to old technologies.

3.0
Big company, big benefits, big competition
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Redmond, Washington, United States
March 20, 2015
Pros: Microsoft can be thought of as a company of companies that's changing its ways to become united and up to date. Microsoft has very good benefits, perks, and opportunity to work on many things.
Cons: Quite bureaucratic and still very much so transitioning to be an agile and modern software company. At times, still holding onto old methodologies and practices, as well as sticking to old technologies.

Culture has gone downhill

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: Wonderful and collaborative coworkers. Good benefits.

Cons: Corporate culture has really gone down the drain.

3.0
Culture has gone downhill
Software Engineer • Former Employee
Redmond, Washington, United States
July 12, 2024
Pros: Wonderful and collaborative coworkers. Good benefits.
Cons: Corporate culture has really gone down the drain.

Varied Work, Inconsistent Rewards

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: Product variety to choose from without switching companies.

Cons: Promotions, bonus, and evaluation criteria vary within the company.

4.0
Varied Work, Inconsistent Rewards
Software Engineer • Former Employee
Redmond, Washington, United States
May 13, 2021
Pros: Product variety to choose from without switching companies.
Cons: Promotions, bonus, and evaluation criteria vary within the company.

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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