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Software Engineer Interview Experience

September 10, 2018
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I had an interview through a headhunter for a contract position. They were quick to respond, and overall, the experience was good.

I didn't get the position, and I think my lack of experience was a contributing factor. They required 3+ years of experience, which I do not quite have yet.

Questions

Given a grid of letters, find every possible combination of letters. Then, pass each combination to a given function that checks to see if it is a real word. You cannot repeat letters, and the letters in the word must be adjacent to each other.

For example, if you start at row 1, column 1, the only letters that can be next are (1,2), (2,1), and (2,2).

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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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