Microsoft Software Engineer Interview Questions & Reviews
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Software Engineer at Microsoft
Posted Nov 1, 2009
4.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Jul 2007 in Redmond, WA (took 2 days)
Incredibly nice and positive people. Flexible with my schedule. Gave credence to my requirements. Worked with my handicap. They asked questions from basic algorithms to asynchronous algorithms. The office space seemed pleasant to work in. The team consisted of a couple of PhDs and others with lots of industry experience, including non-Microsoft technologies which gives a broader perspective on software development.
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Reason for Declining
Wasn't the right time in my life to make the change.
Other Details
I applied In-Person and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Software Engineer at Microsoft
Posted May 13, 2009
2.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2008 (took a day)
I was interviewed by 4 people, and the questions were not hard, including replacing a character in a string, validating a BST, etc. I made a mistake which shouldn't have happened there, but that interviewer was apparently not that smart. After I made that mistake he was skeptical on all what I wrote on the board, but the code was just copied from the textbook.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Software Engineer at Microsoft
Posted May 8, 2009
3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2009 (took 2 weeks)
Overall, the interview process was a positive and learning experience.
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Software Engineer at Microsoft
Posted May 5, 2009
4.0
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2008 in Redmond, WA (took a day)
I got an interview along with a bunch of other of my comp sci peers while Microsoft was at a University here in MD. The interviewer was very formal, but somewhat non personable. I was two questions, one of which I could not answer. I knew the interview was bust after that, so I asked him about R&D for fun.
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Other Details
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 Engineer at Microsoft
Posted May 3, 2009
3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2009 in Redmond, WA (took 2 weeks)
They treat their interviewees very well. They will put in a nice hotel, give you a rental, and pay your expenses for you to spend an extra day and night in the area to get to know it and explore and have fun. The interview itself lasts a fair part of the day and involves talking to several engineers. The questions are pretty standard algorithms and problem solving questions. Almost all of them asked me to write code. Even lunch was an interview with the topic about facing difficulties/working in teams/interacting with others and so on.
I was very impressed with the work, offer, and suggested flexibility.
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Reason for Declining
I had another I really liked on the East Coast. It was a tough tough choice.
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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Software Engineer at Microsoft
Posted Apr 29, 2009
4.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2008 in Redmond, WA (took 3 weeks)
I applied through on campus Job Fair. Microsoft contacted me online asking for an on-site interview. The interview itself took about 30 minutes. Questions were more about to see your problem solving skills and analytic approach than technical skills. Interviewer was a project manager. At the end of the interview, it took three weeks to be notified that there won't be any offer. Interviewer was nice and polite. He knew the stuff.
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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 Engineer at Microsoft
Posted Apr 28, 2009 — 0 of 1 people found this helpful
3.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2007 (took 1 week)
8 interviews (4 with 2 different teams)
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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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