Microsoft

Software Engineering Manager Interview Experience - Nairobi, Kenya

December 1, 2020

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I had a set of four interviews, each lasting 45 minutes with 15-minute breaks in between.

It covered both technical and soft skills (people management skills). The technical part focused on system design and DSA.

Questions

Explain how you'd design a solution to handle all web requests from the Microsoft suite through a web service. This service will be tasked with ensuring visited links/URLs are safe for access.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the Microsoft Software Engineering Manager role in Nairobi, Kenya.

Success Rate

50%

Pass Rate

Microsoft's interview process for their Software Engineering Manager roles in Nairobi, Kenya is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive100%

Neutral0%

Negative0%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Microsoft's Software Engineering Manager interview process in Nairobi, Kenya.

Microsoft Work Experiences

Good Balance, Bureaucratic Hurdles

Software Engineering Manager • Current Employee

Bellevue, Washington, United States

Pros: Good work-life balance, good product lineup.

Cons: Too many levels, bureaucratic and political.

Good Balance, Bureaucratic Hurdles

Software Engineering Manager • Current Employee

Bellevue, Washington, United States

Pros: Good work-life balance, good product lineup.

Cons: Too many levels, bureaucratic and political.

Impact and Scale

Software Engineering Manager • Current Employee

Pros: A couple of things you get at Microsoft that you will get at very few companies are: Impact and Scale. The products that you work on touch so many lives, and the scale challenges are enormous and real.

Cons: Some divisions in Microsoft have flat organizational structures, and there is not much headroom to grow as a manager.

Impact and Scale

Software Engineering Manager • Current Employee

Pros: A couple of things you get at Microsoft that you will get at very few companies are: Impact and Scale. The products that you work on touch so many lives, and the scale challenges are enormous and real.

Cons: Some divisions in Microsoft have flat organizational structures, and there is not much headroom to grow as a manager.

Empathetic Manager, Slow Progress

Software Engineering Manager • Current Employee

Pros: Empathy, emphasis on learning, customer-focused.

Cons: Slow delivery and decision making. A huge legacy codebase takes a long time to learn and contribute to. The first PR often takes a while.

Empathetic Manager, Slow Progress

Software Engineering Manager • Current Employee

Pros: Empathy, emphasis on learning, customer-focused.

Cons: Slow delivery and decision making. A huge legacy codebase takes a long time to learn and contribute to. The first PR often takes a while.

Good Balance, Bureaucratic Hurdles

Software Engineering Manager • Current Employee

Bellevue, Washington, United States

Pros: Good work-life balance, good product lineup.

Cons: Too many levels, bureaucratic and political.

3.0
Good Balance, Bureaucratic Hurdles
Software Engineering Manager • Current Employee
Bellevue, Washington, United States
May 6, 2021
Pros: Good work-life balance, good product lineup.
Cons: Too many levels, bureaucratic and political.

Impact and Scale

Software Engineering Manager • Current Employee

Pros: A couple of things you get at Microsoft that you will get at very few companies are: Impact and Scale. The products that you work on touch so many lives, and the scale challenges are enormous and real.

Cons: Some divisions in Microsoft have flat organizational structures, and there is not much headroom to grow as a manager.

4.0
Impact and Scale
Software Engineering Manager • Current Employee
June 10, 2020
Pros: A couple of things you get at Microsoft that you will get at very few companies are: Impact and Scale. The products that you work on touch so many lives, and the scale challenges are enormous and real.
Cons: Some divisions in Microsoft have flat organizational structures, and there is not much headroom to grow as a manager.

Empathetic Manager, Slow Progress

Software Engineering Manager • Current Employee

Pros: Empathy, emphasis on learning, customer-focused.

Cons: Slow delivery and decision making. A huge legacy codebase takes a long time to learn and contribute to. The first PR often takes a while.

4.0
Empathetic Manager, Slow Progress
Software Engineering Manager • Current Employee
Nairobi, Kenya
May 5, 2025
Pros: Empathy, emphasis on learning, customer-focused.
Cons: Slow delivery and decision making. A huge legacy codebase takes a long time to learn and contribute to. The first PR often takes a while.

Microsoft Interview Questions

Minimum Edge Reversals So Every Node Is Reachable

You're given a directed graph. Determine the minimum number of edges you need to reverse so that every node becomes reachable from node 0.

GraphsDynamic Programming

Two Sum

Find two numbers in a given array that add up to a specific target value, and return their indices. Essentially, you need to efficiently locate the pair that satisfies the sum requirement.

Valid Word

Determine if a given word is considered valid based on a specific set of rules or constraints. The goal is to check if the input string adheres to the specified validation criteria.

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