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Software Engineer Interview Experience

December 9, 2022
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Process

The interview included four coding questions, each with a different interviewer. The questions were all equivalent to medium-hard LeetCode problems.

Additionally, there was a single open-ended technical question.

This was followed by a general discussion on culture.

This word minimum is ridiculous.

Questions

Come up with a scheme to compress a character string.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 999 interview experiences for the Microsoft Software Engineer role in United States.

Success Rate

25%
Pass Rate

Microsoft's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in the United States is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive64%
Neutral26%
Negative11%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Microsoft's Software Engineer interview process in United States.

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