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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Redmond, Washington

October 1, 2016
Positive ExperienceGot Offer

Process

A recruiter contacted me via LinkedIn. I filled out the application, and the recruiter then scheduled me for an online technical screen.

I had a brief phone screen, then went for an onsite interview a couple of weeks later.

Questions were not particularly difficult, maybe ranging from LeetCode easy to medium. They asked several follow-ups to questions related to Software Engineering, just to see that I hadn't just memorized the base solution.

I had a very positive experience; the interviewers were nice and easy to interact with. I didn't have any major scheduling snafus, unlike my Amazon interview, which was just kind of a mess.

I interviewed with a total of four people. They were all software engineers.

I got a quick turnaround: I interviewed on Friday and was told I was going to get an offer on Monday. The process to get the offer and background check took 2-3 weeks.

Questions

An interesting real-life use case of a data structure, with a follow-up.

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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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