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Software Engineer Interview Experience

January 25, 2017
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I spoke with them at a university career fair and was given an interview three weeks later. The questions asked were both behavioral and technical. The behavioral questions were very common and team-oriented. The technical questions centered around my experience, aiming to gauge my current level and interests. However, the main coding question was a bit difficult.

Questions

Write a function that takes a linked list ordered as a normal linked list. This list also has an alternate order (an alternate_next pointer for each node). The function should copy this linked list, preserving both its normal order and its alternate order.

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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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