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Updated Feb 9, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Software Development Engineer Intern at Microsoft
Posted Feb 9, 2012
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3.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2012 in Seattle, WA (took a day)
I had a 1:1 interview with microsoft on January 18, 2012. I applied online and they invited me for a 1:1 interview on campus. It lasted for about 30 minutes. They asked me some basic questions about Why Microsoft ?, What made you take up Computer Science as your major ? and stuff like that. Then they got into coding questions. They asked me two questions.
1) Reverse all the characters in a string before you encounter an 'x'. abcdxdd - > dcbaxdd
2) Reveres all the words in a string before you encounter a word which has 'x' in it.
Hi, I like Microsoft asdfxab Settle -> Microsoft like I Hi, asdfxab seattle.
They took 3 weeks to get back to me with results. They invited me for an Onsite interview at Seattle.
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Hi, I like Microsoft asdfxab Settle -> Microsoft like I Hi, asdfxab seattle.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Software Development Engineer Intern at Microsoft
Posted Feb 8, 2012
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2012 (took 3 months)
On-campus interview in November. Couple questions about why Microsoft and why SDE. One coding question, be sure to think of end cases and when you might possibly overflow. Heard back in a week that they wanted to bring me on campus for an interview, but that it would take some time because they were completely booked.
Flew to Seattle in late January. I had already received an offer elsewhere and tried to expedite the process as much as possible. Met with a recruiter at 10am, then 4 back-to-back interviews about coding, open ended design, and a behavioral with the hiring manager. Finally left the campus at 6pm. The recruiter said she'd call me with my results within one to two days. Called me on the second day, no offer.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Skills Test.
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Software Development Engineer Intern at Microsoft
Posted Jan 31, 2012
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2011 (took 4+ weeks)
The first interviewer gives me an introduction about the team, what they are doing etc.. Then we talk about my projects and answered a few behavior questions. Then is the whiteboard to code a DFS problem. The next person asked something about how to design a API.
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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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Software Development Engineer Intern at Microsoft
Posted Jan 30, 2012
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3.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2011 in Seattle, WA (took a day)
The interview process took a full morning. There were 4 interviews, each of them focuses on one aspect. Examples include basic programming questions. Things on the resume.
One question is that how to determine if two rectangles overlap or not on a plane.
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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 Development Engineer Intern at Microsoft
Posted Dec 19, 2011
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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 Dec 2011 in Seattle, WA (took 4+ weeks)
Did one interview at my university. Went to Seattle and had 4 on-site interviews.
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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 Development Engineer Intern at Microsoft
Posted Dec 12, 2011
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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 Dec 2010 in Redmond, WA (took 2 months)
Went to an on campus screening section, then got an offer to fly down to Redmond for the interview. Since it's a big recruiting event for the on site interview, we had a big party (hosted and paid for by MS) the night before the interview at a bowling place with unlimited free food and (alcoholic) drinks. Did 4-5 back-to-back 1:1 interviews with the hiring managers and met with the recruiter that afternoon and was told that I received an offer.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Skills Test.
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Software Development Engineer Intern at Microsoft
Posted Jun 25, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2011 (took 4 weeks)
Interview process was great, food and travel paid for. The interviews themselves were four back to back interviews with various members of my time. The questions were standard software engineering fare - removing duplicates, design this, design that, etc. Page through any standard book on interviews or data structures and you'll be fine. Lunch interview is AWKWARD. Be prepared for that one. Very timely response on the status of my offer (matter of minutes).
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There was no negotiating the amount offered.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Background Check.
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Software Development Engineer Intern at Microsoft
Posted Jun 5, 2011
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3.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2010 (took a day)
Applied online, was contacted by a recruiter, and scheduled a 1 on 1 interview at my university career center. The interview was easy, but having only taken introductory courses in CS, I botched a couple questions. Overall a very neutral experience, the interviewer was perhaps a bit stoic, and I did not get any positive feedback or hints during my interview.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Software Development Engineer Intern at Microsoft
Posted Apr 14, 2011
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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 Jan 2011 in Seattle, WA (took a day)
Submitted resume through college, got an on campus first round interview with a PM from the Office team. Got asked a basic question to reverse a string. Then got invited for an on-site interview. All paid for trip to Seattle. On interview day I went through 3 1-1 interviews each one hour long.
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Software Development Engineer Intern at Microsoft
Posted Jan 15, 2011
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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 Nov 2010 in Redmond, WA (took a day)
applied through MS's website and got a phone interview. Asked about constructing a contact list management system. Writing some codes on a whiteboard websystem. Got an on-site interview with the Office group. All questions are about programming though there are warm-up behaviorial questions.
All programming questions are not demanding, but somehow tricky.Need to write codes on whiteboards. Can use any programming language you like.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview.
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