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Software Engineer Interview Experience

May 2, 2022
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I had to write pseudocode on scratch paper with the interviewer sitting across the table. The interviewer provided very little help, and the experience was very uncomfortable. It did not go well, and I did not get an offer for the job.

Questions

Write a program to do X

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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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