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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Tromsø, Norway

October 20, 2017
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Process

Applied through an online job portal.

Received a reply some weeks later with an invitation for a Skype interview. During this interview, while screen sharing, I was asked to code solutions to simple problems (for example, how to get initials from a name). The interview was half about checking basic coding skills and half about assessing how I think regarding edge cases, exceptions, etc.

Afterwards, I was invited for onsite interviews with four engineers, two of whom were managers. The manager focused on "get to know you" questions, personality evaluations, and questions about past experience. The regular engineers asked questions about computer science and software engineering concepts (binary trees and other data structures, object-oriented design, etc.). Each meeting lasted one hour, with a lunch break in the middle.

The process took a fairly long time, over three months from application to offer. The position I originally applied for was filled in the meantime. The whole process was coordinated by an HR representative in another country who was pleasant but not particularly great at sticking to her own deadlines or keeping me updated. Part of the length was explained by the fact that most of the team was on summer break for one month.

Eventually, I had a final interview with the manager of another team with an open position. The interviews until now had been fairly generic and not customized to any specific role. This final interview mainly consisted of explaining how the teams were organized and what his team was working on.

Received the offer a few days later, along with a background check. During the background check, a company requested all sorts of information (professional/educational activity in the past few years, copies of diplomas, social security number(s), etc.).

Questions

You have two sorted arrays. Array A contains 4 values:

  • 1
  • 3
  • 4
  • 8

Array B contains 6 values with room for 4 more:

  • 2
  • 3
  • 7
  • 9
  • 14
  • _
  • _
  • _
  • _

Merge both into array B.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the Microsoft Software Engineer role in Tromsø, Norway.

Success Rate

50%
Pass Rate

Microsoft's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in Tromsø, Norway is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive50%
Neutral50%
Negative0%

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

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