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Updated May 26, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Software Developer at Microsoft
Posted May 26, 2012
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Jul 2008 in Redmond, WA (took a day)
CV submitted. Interview requested by HR. HR and development manager interviewed. Asked usual interview questions (what is best attribute , worst etc. why do you want to work here). Asked simple questions about previous jobs and described what they were looking for. Did not have to take any tests.
At end they said they would get back to me assumed others being interviewed. Response was positive by email.
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Salary and not what I wante to do long-term
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Software Developer at Microsoft
Posted May 25, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2012 (took 2 days)
Email, skype, no offer.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Software Developer at Microsoft
Posted May 22, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2012 (took a day)
One day interview with one team from Microsoft in Seattle. Had to interview with 4 different people and 1 of those included a lunch interview. I thought it went pretty well but didn't get the offer.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Software Developer at Microsoft
Posted Apr 25, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2010 (took 4+ weeks)
Generally the trick with that "design an X" question is not to design anything but to ask the interviewers questions. The trick, such as it is, is to gather requirements as opposed to actually knowing how to design anything. I personally feel it's more of an object lesson rather than an interview question - it's more Socratic than anything else.
Other than that the process is a crap-shoot. If you've read Mt Fuji there's not much left to say. Interviewers are capricious. My only suggestion is that you have the read the interviewer to try to get a sense of what they want. This isn't always possible though as borderline-Aspergers software developers don't exude body language. Kinda the opposite.
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I got the interview through a College or University.
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Software Developer at Microsoft
Posted Apr 16, 2012
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2012 in Bangalore (India) (took a day)
I had 5 rounds of interview. The first round is a gate-keeper round, which I cleared to get into a full-day interview process (which have atleast 4 rounds of interview).
The interviews are basically technical - algorithm and data structures.
The difficulty level of the interview keeps increasing, and steeply at times.
The first three rounds are simpler, while the last two rounds are more difficult and are focused on trying to exactly map out the individual's strengths and weaknesses. (I got through the first 4 rounds, but did not clear the last one)
The interviewers are pretty open to giving hints and helping you out in solving the problem.
Apart from the solution itself, I feel that positive approach, openness to reconsider, and think through the solution are also important aspects.
Preparing for the interview with online interview questions helps, but the experience of the interview is truly new. The level of questions can be easily jacked up, so it helps to prepare, but stay calm and actually think in the interview.
I also felt that they need to be re-assured that you enjoy the process of solving, and can actually do this effectively. They also are very keen on accurate self-assessment.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Software Developer at Microsoft
Posted Apr 15, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2012 (took a day)
Interviewer asked about resume, asked me to describe some of my experiences and what I was looking for, then gave me a technical problem to solve. It wasn't that hard but I was rusty with the concept so I didn't do that well. I asked a few questions about the further interview process then left.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Software Developer at Microsoft
Posted Apr 9, 2012
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2011 (took a day)
I was interviewed for the Bing team. The interview consisted of 4 hour long sessions with individual members of the hiring team ranging from technical questions to questions about my interests and past projects. I was probably the least experienced prospective employee of the group so I wasn't offered a position, but I wasn't really hopeful either. It was definitely a positive learning experience though.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Software Developer at Microsoft
Posted Apr 4, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2012 in Seattle, WA (took 2 weeks)
They give a phone interview and then if you make it past the first round, they send you to Redmond where you go through two days of interviews. I only got the first round phone interview which I thought I did well on but unfortunately I didn't make it past to the 2nd round. It took microsoft about a month and a half to get back to me though. An extremely long time.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Software Developer at Microsoft
Posted Mar 3, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 (took a day)
was asked about current and previous job, asked question- how to reverse a string
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Software Developer at Microsoft
Posted Feb 21, 2012 — 0 of 1 people found this helpful
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2012 (took a day)
Interviewed with two people, one is technical interview and another one is with someone from recruiter.
They ask some simple questions. and give me some time to ask questions.
the questions are relatively easy to answer.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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