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Software Engineer Interview Experience

January 20, 2018
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I was contacted by a recruiter and went on a hiring event. The interviewers insisted on using Java for coding and told me that those who can't code in C++ or Java are weak software engineers.

Questions

Typical problems:

  • Array
  • 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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