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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Seattle, Washington

May 1, 2026
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day.

Technical interview: A LeetCode-style question on DSA. The question had to do with checking the number of palindromic substrings in a word. The interviewer was polite and professional. I had 30 minutes.

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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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