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Software Engineer Interview Experience

March 21, 2021
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Phone interview: They ask you basic behavioral and computer science concept questions.

Final round: There are 4 rounds: 3 coding and 1 system design. All 4 rounds include behavioral questions at the end.

Questions

How would you define recursion?

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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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