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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Redmond, Washington

November 1, 2018
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Process

I interviewed with Microsoft at the Redmond office through an employee referral.

I first had a phone screen with basic coding, logical, and behavioral questions.

After this, I was selected for the on-site interview at the Redmond campus.

I had five rounds of interviews, including a lunch interview, over the span of 6-7 hours. It was primarily technical, except for the last interview with a senior technical manager, which also included behavioral questions.

Questions

Write a function to find the middle of a linked list. Use it to perform merge sort on a linked list.

Implement a hash table.

API design for tic tac toe.

Data structure design for a modified version of a priority queue.

API design for a running tracker/recommendation app.

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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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