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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There were 5 interviews which were very detailed. They tested communication skills, and personality as well as the technical skills in depth. I was asked to write code after I had explained the details of how I would go about solving the problem. Also for the approach to solving the problem it is expected that candidates cross question to get the details about the problem.
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Questions on team work and what needs to be done when there are people in the team that don't work well together.
I applied through college or university. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Microsoft (Montreal, QC) in Feb 2013
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Gave the resume in University career fair. Got a mail in 3 days with an on-line link to reserve the timeslot. This was screening round held on campus. Half hour time slot were given and it ran exactly half hr. Simple questions on projects were asked and one coding question and a few behavioural questions.
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Was asked to write quicksort in any language of choice, you are expected to take 5-10 mins for this. Have to write on whiteboard if there is one or u can write on a paper.