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Software Engineer Interview Experience

October 1, 2017
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I turned in my resume to a recruiter on campus.

A week later, I received an invitation for an on-campus interview.

The interviewer was very nice. He immediately started off with a technical question and then asked about one of my projects.

Questions

How do you find the common ancestor of two nodes in a binary search tree?

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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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