Microsoft Software Development Engineer interview questions
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Software Development Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Microsoft with 4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 71.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Development Engineer roles take an average of 1 day to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Microsoft overall takes an average of 46 days.
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I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft
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I applied through the Microsoft Career website. An interviewer called me in a specific time, then I passed the phone call stage. In the phone call, you are talking about past experiences, some riddles and testing and design details. After that, they called me for on-site interview. Because of the company rules, i cannot talk about the details of the on-site review; however, you can find sample questions in the leetcode and other algorithm websites.
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Look at the Leetcode or another Algorithm Website... Microsoft likes to ask data-structures related algorithm questions...