Software Engineer Interview Experience - Redmond, Washington
May 19, 2025
Positive ExperienceNo Offer
Process
Applied online on Microsoft Careers.
HR reached out to me.
Had scheduled a screening round over Microsoft Teams.
The position was for a Software Engineer (L59), not too difficult.
Need to do coding online and must be working for all test cases.
Questions
Find the maximum subarray length having the highest sum.
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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
2.0
Ai For Good, But Silenced
Software Engineer • Former Employee
Redmond, Washington, United States
August 25, 2025
Pros: Will focus on AI and make it seem like you're contributing to a better world.
Cons: AI and Azure are actually being used to contribute to Israeli war crimes. Any attempt at speaking out and expressing concern leads to suspension or termination at best, and arrest at worst.
5.0
Have a very good work-life balance
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Redmond, Washington, United States
February 8, 2019
Pros: Work-life balance is very good.
Cons: Sometimes the user is not happy with a project.
4.0
Software Developer experience at Microsoft
Software Engineer • Former Employee
Redmond, Washington, United States
August 22, 2017
Pros: Microsoft pays well and has lots of good benefits with resources to help with them. They really do care about their employees there and will give the resources needed to get the job done more often than not.
Cons: They have a habit of laser-focusing developers into a single area of development. While internal transfer opportunities are available, it's like re-interviewing for your own job. If you're moving from, say, cloud development to web development, it can be very difficult.
Don't expect full-stack roles.
- 2.0Ai For Good, But SilencedSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeRedmond, Washington, United StatesAugust 25, 2025Pros: Will focus on AI and make it seem like you're contributing to a better world.Cons: AI and Azure are actually being used to contribute to Israeli war crimes. Any attempt at speaking out and expressing concern leads to suspension or termination at best, and arrest at worst.
- 5.0Have a very good work-life balanceSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeRedmond, Washington, United StatesFebruary 8, 2019Pros: Work-life balance is very good.Cons: Sometimes the user is not happy with a project.
- 4.0Software Developer experience at MicrosoftSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeRedmond, Washington, United StatesAugust 22, 2017Pros: Microsoft pays well and has lots of good benefits with resources to help with them. They really do care about their employees there and will give the resources needed to get the job done more often than not.Cons: They have a habit of laser-focusing developers into a single area of development. While internal transfer opportunities are available, it's like re-interviewing for your own job. If you're moving from, say, cloud development to web development, it can be very difficult. Don't expect full-stack roles.
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