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.
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I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft
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It was through university campus, got a phone interview. It was more of a HR, and she asked me some puzzles. Hard to say if I gave the correct answers, as the questions were very open ended.
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Toronto, ON)
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They were recruiting at my university, so I handed in my resume and was told I would be contacted regarding an interview. They sent me an email containing a link which let me schedule an interview online.
The interview itself was only about 30 minutes long, and the interviewer was very nice. The first 15 minutes or so were "tell me about yourself," "what sort of software interests you," "which team do you think you'd like to work on." Then came the technical portion.
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Question 1
Implement the Unix "word count" utility in C, without using any library functions. Seems simple at first, but there are multiple edge cases to consider.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft
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The interview as done on-campus. However everyone was notified that the internship positions were already full. I got an email, saying that they will staying in touch during fall and consider me for a full time position.