Software Engineer Interview Experience - Seattle, Washington
February 1, 2016
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer
Process
I was first phone screened and asked to write a routine using a web-based code-sharing app.
I then flew out to Seattle, where I was interviewed individually by five different people.
After the second interview, I was brought to lunch by one of the people I was interviewing with, and then we conducted the remainder of the interview after lunch.
Questions
Implement a singly linked list.
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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.
Microsoft Work Experiences
4.0
Microsoft Software Engineer
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Seattle, Washington, United States
December 21, 2024
Pros: Smart people, engineering culture, work-life balance is good, and benefits are okay.
Cons: TC could be higher, but I guess that is a fair trade-off which comes with good work-life balance.
4.0
Microsoft is a great place to work
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Seattle, Washington, United States
May 10, 2021
Pros: Great work culture, perks, and learnings.
Cons: Slow-paced, I need to take career progress in hand.
3.0
Customer-Focused Engineering
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Seattle, Washington, United States
November 3, 2019
Pros: Competitive compensation, job stability, work-life balance, high visibility products
Cons: Bad architecture due to Microsoft's unwillingness to do full rewrites. We end up building on top of badly designed software, which leads to further bad design decisions to make it work. Technical debt is ever increasing, which makes it feel like a losing battle. Product focus is on delivering new features in time to compete with AWS, at the expense of engineering quality.
Internal tooling is pretty awful. There are many tools that achieve the same functionality, and each team uses them differently. It makes engineering productivity extremely low. Senior engineers can overcome these mostly by building their own hacky tools.
- 4.0Microsoft Software EngineerSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSeattle, Washington, United StatesDecember 21, 2024Pros: Smart people, engineering culture, work-life balance is good, and benefits are okay.Cons: TC could be higher, but I guess that is a fair trade-off which comes with good work-life balance.
- 4.0Microsoft is a great place to workSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSeattle, Washington, United StatesMay 10, 2021Pros: Great work culture, perks, and learnings.Cons: Slow-paced, I need to take career progress in hand.
- 3.0Customer-Focused EngineeringSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSeattle, Washington, United StatesNovember 3, 2019Pros: Competitive compensation, job stability, work-life balance, high visibility productsCons: Bad architecture due to Microsoft's unwillingness to do full rewrites. We end up building on top of badly designed software, which leads to further bad design decisions to make it work. Technical debt is ever increasing, which makes it feel like a losing battle. Product focus is on delivering new features in time to compete with AWS, at the expense of engineering quality. Internal tooling is pretty awful. There are many tools that achieve the same functionality, and each team uses them differently. It makes engineering productivity extremely low. Senior engineers can overcome these mostly by building their own hacky tools.
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