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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Seattle, Washington

February 1, 2012
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I applied online and was contacted for a first-round interview three months later when they visited my college. It lasted 30 minutes.

Questions

If you were given a finite, large amount of money, what would you do with it?

Tell me about a project you completed that you found most interesting. Why was it interesting?

Given a matrix filled with letters (a-z) and a list of words, provide an algorithm to find each word in the matrix (or print a message if it is not found).

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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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