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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Phone call followed by flight out to headquarters for on-campus interviews. Process was very approachable and friendly. Phone interview consisted of general questions and brainteasers. On campus interviews were more technical in nature. Lunch provided, though the day was quite long to get through. Frequent breaks of 15 minutes in between 4 45-minute interviews.
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Algorithm to parse string for algebraic operations and solve with respect to order.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Microsoft (Melbourne, FL) in Oct 2015
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Interviewed for the Azure cloud infrastructure team. After asking me some technical questions about my research project in college, went straight to the technical question. Told me they were looking for someone now, but I was still in college and could not proceed further with the interview process until graduation
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Calculate the depth of a tree, weather its balanced or not
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Microsoft (Philadelphia, PA) in Nov 2015
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I left my resume with them at the career-fair in my college. They emailed me a few days later saying that they would be on-campus for recruiting and wanted me to interview. The interview was 25 minutes long, and I answered all the technical questions correctly. They emailed me 3 days later saying they did not want to move forward with the process.
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Have you worked in a group setting? How do you handle conflicts in a group setting? How do you know if a product you have been working on is successful?