Software Engineer Interview Experience - Redmond, Washington
Process
Phone interview followed by five back-to-back on-site interviews with the Universal Store team in Redmond, WA.
Very professional arrangements were made for my on-site interview, and the results were communicated the very next day.
Questions
Create an n-ary tree from a set of relationship tuples. For example, "is a" relationships like:
- Dog is a mammal
- Labrador is a dog
- Husky is a dog
- HumanBeing is a mammal
- Sparrow is a bird
- Mammal is an animal
- Bird is an animal
- BanyanTree is a tree
and so on.
Given a matrix of 1s and 0s, find the number of islands of 1s. These islands of 1s should be completely surrounded by 0s.
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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
- 3.0I'd avoid if I canSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeRedmond, Washington, United StatesOctober 10, 2023Pros: benefits, insurance, 401k, inclusive, diverseCons: pay, developer experience, slow, oncall
- 3.0Good Pay, Bureaucracy EasingSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeRedmond, Washington, United StatesNovember 16, 2014Pros: Great salary structure. Good bonus for performing candidates.Cons: Bureaucratic, but it is changing fast.
- 3.0Good place to broaden and deepen skills, and participate in the development of a wide range of productsSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeRedmond, Washington, United StatesDecember 12, 2009Pros: Opportunity to work on a wide range of technologies and products. Working through a couple of release cycles on big projects helps build a wide range of skills, essential for shipping a product. Good benefits, lots of trainings, and tuition assistance for continuing education.Cons: The way the review process is set up, it forces developers to put substantial efforts into being 'visible'. I think these efforts could be spent more on development activities.
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