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 online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (Taipé) in Nov 2012
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- Find the information from: http://careers.microsoft.com/careers/en/us/grad-software-jobs.aspx
- Apply for the jobs through the website
- A week later, got an email to schedule and do phone interview
- Do phone interview
- 2 weeks later, got an email to do on-site interview
- 2 months later, will have on-site interview
I applied through college or university. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (Puerto Vallarta) in Jan 2011
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First round interview went by easy. Final round interview was held on Puerto Vallarta, The first two interviews went well, however on the third I broke apart, interviewer acted more aggressively and I got nervous.
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Third interview was tough, On Interview books tell you to take a methodological approach to solving problems and ask a lot of questions, however the interviewer seemed anoyed/bored with me asking for clarification.