Microsoft Software Development Engineer interview questions
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Met through an on campus recruiter. They emailed me a couple weeks later and set up a phone interview. Interview consisted of questions about prior projects, technical questions, logic questions and some general questions about myself.
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Pretty general questions, nothing too surprising most of the logic questions I had seen before.
I applied through college or university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Montreal, QC)
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Applied through University career fair.
Got call after 2 to 3 week for an interview in the university
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there was nothing difficult.
First i was asked about my technical project and my ideas that i implemented in those projects and how it helped the overall outcome.
Rest was technical
1 Convert String to Integer and test it.
2. Array and Linked list complexities. Their advantages and disadvantages.
3. Algorithm for tic-toke
I applied online. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at Microsoft in Dec 2013
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The overall logistic arrangement was very smooth. I was informed about all steps (such as hotel booking, interview location, reimbursement, etc.) well in advance. I had one telephonic interview and then on-site interviews. Right after the interviews, I was told that I did not succeed and I can apply again at least after 6 months.
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The nature of technical interviewers was pure technical, though I had research background.