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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Seattle, Washington

December 1, 2016
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I applied at my university's career fair.

First was a 30-minute on-campus coding interview. The problem was equivalent to a LeetCode easy, and the follow-up was around a medium.

After that, I was contacted to do an on-site. I was expecting a lot of algorithms, which is what I studied for. However, to my surprise, most of my interviews were behavioral. I had one brain teaser I didn't do too well on, but the rest I feel went very well.

In the end, I didn't get an offer. I suspect this is due to a couple factors: it being very late in the interview cycle (not too many positions left) and a lack of algorithms. I couldn't differentiate myself enough from the students that went to better schools solely based off behavioral questions.

Questions

Preorder, Inorder, and Postorder traversal of a binary tree.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 135 interview experiences for the Microsoft Software Engineer role in Seattle, Washington.

Success Rate

15%
Pass Rate

Microsoft's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in Seattle, Washington is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive61%
Neutral27%
Negative12%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Microsoft's Software Engineer interview process in Seattle, Washington.

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