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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Redmond, Washington

October 1, 2015
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

A friend working at Microsoft as an intern asked me if I would be interested in an internship position, and I gave him my résumé. A few weeks later, I got an email from the university recruiter, and I scheduled a phone screen interview. Basically, I had HR and behavioral questions.

One week after the phone interview, I received an invitation to come to Redmond for a final round interview. I had four interviews that day, and all of them were technical.

Questions

Given an array of distinct integers, print all possible permutations of that array.

Example: [1,2,3]

Answer:

  • [1,2,3]
  • [1,3,2]
  • [2,3,1]
  • [2,1,3]
  • [3,1,2]
  • [3,2,1]

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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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