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Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) at Microsoft

No Offer – Interviewed in Feb 2013 – Reviewed Apr 26, 2013

Interview Details – Emailed resume to HR through campus recruiting, received a phone call a few days after a response to the email. The phone call was primarily a technical interview, consisting of two problem solving questions and some basic HR questions to gain the interest level for the company and position. Job position required relocation to Redmond, Washington. I wasn't aware that the position required relocation so I decided to not pursue the opportunity.

Interview Question – Given a range of numbers ordered from 1 to 1 million, what is the most efficient method to find a number that is missing within the range.   View Answer

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Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) Intern at Microsoft

No Offer – Interviewed in Feb 2013 – Reviewed Apr 25, 2013

Interview Details – On campus interview scheduled after career fair. Few questions asked about my interests in mobile and security subjects which I am studying. Tech question: To convert Roman numerals to decimal system and also test the same.

Interview Question – Why are you using Windows Phone 8 phone and developing Windows 8 apps ? Dont you know Android is the no.1 mobile operating system ?   View Answer

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Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II at Microsoft

Declined Offer – Reviewed Apr 29, 2013

Interview Details – Got contact from linkden

Interview Question – Write a function that counts words of a book based on type (noun, verb, etc)   Answer Question

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Project Manager at Microsoft

No Offer – Interviewed in Los Angeles, CA Feb 2013 – Reviewed Apr 23, 2013

Interview Details – It's a first round on campus interview, the invitation was sent 1 week in front, you can select one section (30 minutes) in two days. The recruiter is very nice, discussed the resume and ask some general questions. Also ask you to describe a difficult situation you met before and how did you solve it . After that you can select one position you interested, then you will be asked some related questions. I chose project manager, so only one design question was asked.

Interview Question – Describe how you design an elevator.   View Answer

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Software Development Engineer II at Microsoft

No Offer – Interviewed in Redmond, WA Apr 2013 – Reviewed Apr 18, 2013

Interview Details – They wanted a TechPM to do full time development without doing any analysis of what the business flow or work flow is.....they basically wanted labors who can write down code for them without even understanding why they are writing the code. I went thru the loop of 6 rounds....went on well...thought I would clear...But the next day the HM said we can take you for this position as you are more of a tech-functional role...

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Software Development Engineer at Microsoft

Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Jul 2011 – Reviewed Apr 22, 2013

Interview Details – Phone screening then 5 in-person interviews.
Questions are pretty much SDE questions.

Interview Question – Operations on 2-dimensional bit-array   Answer Question

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Senior Program Manager at Microsoft

Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Redmond, WA – Reviewed Apr 22, 2013

Interview Details – 1. Submit dozens (or maybe hundreds?) of applications over several months
2. Contacted for phone screens for maybe 5 applications
3. Two phone screens led to in-person interviews
4. In-person interviews are most of a full day, meeting with 4-6 people for an hour each.
5. They have one last interviewer held in reserve at the end of the day, not on your schedule. If the other interviewers judge you to be good enough, this "as appropriate" person (generally the most senior person, probably the final decision maker) will take time to interview you as well. If you don't meet with this "as appropriate" interviewer, you probably were judged to be not good enough to take time with & won't be getting the job. I imagine there are occasional instances where the "as appropriate" person has a last-minute conflict.

Negotiation Details – I was able to negotiate a little bit on the amount of stock included in the hiring incentives.

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Account Technology Specialist (ATS) at Microsoft

Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Redmond, WA – Reviewed Apr 9, 2013

Interview Details – Interview is generally an all day loop, consisting of the hiring manager, an account manager, and a technical panel. For anyone to be hired, it has to be a unanimous agreement. Any single veto means a no-hire. The hiring manager will want to be sure you have what it takes to survive in a large company and be a team player in a highly competitive environment. The Account Manager(s) will want to know your customer relationship skill are spectacular. The technical panel will grill you, find out what you know, and eventually what you don't know. Prepare by learning what each product is/does, but also know that no one knows everything, and it's ok to say "I don't know" - pretending to know looks much worse.

Interview Question – List every product Microsoft makes.   View Answer

Negotiation Details – Hiring is generally done through recruiters, and the recruiter presents the offer. I declined the first one stating based on Seattle's cost-of-living, it would be a paycut. The recruited called back the next day with an offer of 10% more, and I accepted.

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Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) at Microsoft

Accepted Offer – Reviewed Apr 20, 2013

Interview Details – The process was really smooth and the recruiter a really cool person. We are friends now. Everything went well as planned. They paid all the travel and lodging expenses for the interview in person. A really good experience.
Phone and in person interview like the average technical interview but with more diverse questions. Nothing really too difficult. Typical algorithm questions + design + architecture + management questions.

Interview Question – Design MSN messenger. This was not difficult for me but unexpected.   View Answer

Negotiation Details – It was great and really smooth as well except for the visa process. My recruiter listened to all my doubts and tried to satisfy all my requests (including salary) as much as possible.

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Retail Inventory Control Expert - Full Or Part Time at Microsoft

No Offer – Interviewed in Portland, OR Mar 2013 – Reviewed Apr 20, 2013

Interview Details – Filled out an application online. Took a +100 question personality test the same day through Taleo (3rd party recruiter). A day later I received a call from Taleo to schedule a phone interview. The phone interview was almost all of the +100 questions on the personality test. The phone interview was recorded. Phone interviewer was in a rush, impatient and often hard to understand. The phone interview took around 40-50 minutes. Most take over an hour.

Interview Question – With almost every question you must explain yourself. Even if it is straight forward...   Answer Question

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