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Software Engineer Interview Experience

September 21, 2021
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Technical interview with two questions:

  • One about arrays: the maximal subarray sum.
  • One about hashmaps.

Before that was a phone interview.

Questions

Find the maximum sum of the subarray.

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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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