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Software Engineer Interview Experience

September 30, 2020
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

They gave me a 30-minute coding challenge where I had to show my coding process to an interviewer on screen. I had to explain my code to the interviewer, detailing why I wrote it in that way.

Questions

Why did you write your code this way?

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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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