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Software Engineer (Internship) Interview Experience - Redmond, Washington

September 1, 2019

Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I was flown out to the final round of interviews in Redmond, WA.

The questions were of average difficulty, about the same level as easy-medium on LeetCode.

I did not enjoy my experience, as my interviewers seemed extremely bored the entire time, which made me uncomfortable during my entire session. They also weren't really engaged with the interview.

I solved the technical questions but received a rejection without any explanation as to why.

Questions

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 102 interview experiences for the Microsoft Software Engineer (Internship) role in Redmond, Washington.

Success Rate

66%

Pass Rate

Microsoft's interview process for their Software Engineer (Internship) roles in Redmond, Washington is incredibly easy as the vast majority of engineers get an offer after going through it.

Experience Rating

Positive83%

Neutral13%

Negative4%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Microsoft's Software Engineer (Internship) interview process in Redmond, Washington.

Microsoft Work Experiences

Good Practical Work

Software Engineer (Internship) • Former Employee

Belgrade, Central Serbia, Serbia

October 20, 2022

Pros: Working environment is perfect. People are friendly and ready to talk about work and hobbies in their free time. I have learned a lot during the internship, from practical coding skills to the theoretical background of distributed systems.

Cons: No cons for me at this internship.

Good Practical Work

Software Engineer (Internship) • Former Employee

Belgrade, Central Serbia, Serbia

October 20, 2022

Pros: Working environment is perfect. People are friendly and ready to talk about work and hobbies in their free time. I have learned a lot during the internship, from practical coding skills to the theoretical background of distributed systems.

Cons: No cons for me at this internship.

Good Learning, Needed Support

Software Engineer (Internship) • Current Employee

Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt

August 27, 2020

Pros: Good salary and actual learning opportunity

Cons: Lack of documentation and need for more support.

Good Learning, Needed Support

Software Engineer (Internship) • Current Employee

Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt

August 27, 2020

Pros: Good salary and actual learning opportunity

Cons: Lack of documentation and need for more support.

Challenges with their identity: Who are they?

Principal Software Engineer • Former Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: Excellent benefits. Strong global perspective. Good people overall.

Cons: Communications leadership needs an overhaul at the mid-tier levels. VPs need a particular and special lens, especially at the vertical focus areas like Edu.

Challenges with their identity: Who are they?

Principal Software Engineer • Former Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: Excellent benefits. Strong global perspective. Good people overall.

Cons: Communications leadership needs an overhaul at the mid-tier levels. VPs need a particular and special lens, especially at the vertical focus areas like Edu.

Good Practical Work

Software Engineer (Internship) • Former Employee

Belgrade, Central Serbia, Serbia

October 20, 2022

Pros: Working environment is perfect. People are friendly and ready to talk about work and hobbies in their free time. I have learned a lot during the internship, from practical coding skills to the theoretical background of distributed systems.

Cons: No cons for me at this internship.

5.0
Good Practical Work
Software Engineer (Internship) • Former Employee
Belgrade, Central Serbia, Serbia
October 20, 2022
Pros: Working environment is perfect. People are friendly and ready to talk about work and hobbies in their free time. I have learned a lot during the internship, from practical coding skills to the theoretical background of distributed systems.
Cons: No cons for me at this internship.

Good Learning, Needed Support

Software Engineer (Internship) • Current Employee

Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt

August 27, 2020

Pros: Good salary and actual learning opportunity

Cons: Lack of documentation and need for more support.

4.0
Good Learning, Needed Support
Software Engineer (Internship) • Current Employee
Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
August 27, 2020
Pros: Good salary and actual learning opportunity
Cons: Lack of documentation and need for more support.

Challenges with their identity: Who are they?

Principal Software Engineer • Former Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: Excellent benefits. Strong global perspective. Good people overall.

Cons: Communications leadership needs an overhaul at the mid-tier levels. VPs need a particular and special lens, especially at the vertical focus areas like Edu.

3.0
Challenges with their identity: Who are they?
Principal Software Engineer • Former Employee
Redmond, Washington, United States
April 30, 2023
Pros: Excellent benefits. Strong global perspective. Good people overall.
Cons: Communications leadership needs an overhaul at the mid-tier levels. VPs need a particular and special lens, especially at the vertical focus areas like Edu.

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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