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Microsoft Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) Interview student candidate

Posted Nov 2, 2009

3.0
Average Interview
Overall Neutral Experience Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Mar 2007 in Redmond, WA (took 3 days)

Started of at the College campus recruiting fair. Microsoft had a boot there where i went and submitted my resume. Also i spoke to one of the recuiters there and told her about my background and why i was interested in working for microsoft. She asked me a few general questions about my resume and then she asked me a question about reversing a linked list. I wrote an algorithm for her and she took down a few notes while i did that.
After a couple of days i was notified by the college recuiting that i have an on campus interview scheduled with Microsoft in the next week.

On Campus Interview:
Duration 1 hour.
Started with looking at resume and asking some simple questions about my projects and experience. After that i was asked to write a program with Array's (I don't remeber the exact question). After that, about a week after i was called my an HR person from microsoft to schedule an On-Site interview.

On Site Interview:
Duration: 5 Interviews of 45 mins each

1. Started of by meeting a HR manager who asked me question like, what do i do. Why would i want to work at microsoft. and then she briefed me on what my day would look like.
2. Interview with an SDET 2 - He asked me how will you test a Stapler
3. Interview with an SDET 2 - He asked me how will you test UI for a file dialog in windows.
4. Interview with an SDET Lead - He asked me about my fav programming language. Then we moved on to a coding question. How will you reverse the words in the string.
5. Interview with a Test Manager: This was more informational. Where the manager talked about the product from a higher level, the kind of work they do.

After about a week of the full time interview, i was notified that they had an offer for me.

Interview Questions

How would you reverse the words in a string?
How will you test a Stapler
How will you test the UI for a file dialog in Windows

Negotiation Details

I was not able to negotiate my offer. I would say if you have multiple offers in hand go for the negotiations.

Other Details

I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.

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