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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Seattle, Washington

June 1, 2010
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The phone interview took just 15 minutes. There were general questions:

  • What is context?
  • What is context switching?
  • What is a critical section?
  • What are threads?

Some questions were about sorting algorithms and binary search trees.

There were also programming questions:

  • What is the difference between int and Integer (for Java)?
  • What is the difference between String and StringBuffer?

I think I was a bit naive because there were no logical questions.

Questions

What is context switching?

What is quick search?

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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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