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 1 day. I interviewed at Microsoft
Interview
I applied via the company website, and was promptly given a time for a phone interview. They were very flexible with the interview times and I gave them several times to choose from for the interview. The phone interview process went well, though the interviewers often seemed distant and un-engaged, as you can hear them type out your answer in the background.
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How would you gain entry to your house if you did not have a key?
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Microsoft (Bellevue, WA) in Nov 2010
Interview
Had a on-campus interview first. Then, went to on site interview.
There were 4 interviewers in total. Everything was fine until I met the 3rd interviewer. He threw out the question at me and I thought about an approach first. BUT, he started yawning and picking his ear which gave me so much pressure and eventually I ended up screwing up the interview.
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Question 1
Given two linked lists which may or may not share a node, merge them in sorted.