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 through college or university. I interviewed at Microsoft
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3 interviewers interview you separately, pretty much a basic software interview--ask you a technical question, then make you code it out on their whiteboards. Make sure to brush up on your syntax for all the languages you know.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 days. I interviewed at Microsoft in Jul 2015
Interview
He was very polite. Show me the floor and the place. We went to the kitchen. Tell me about a.mistake you made.
Talk about a feature you have done.
ask interview question.
Write the code on the board or paper and we will talk about it.
we checked if it thread safe.
I applied online. The process took 4 days. I interviewed at Microsoft
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I applied online and got a phone interview about a week later. They started by briefly going over my resume and then delved into a few basic behavioral questions. This part was fine but I stumbled quite a bit when I started getting asked more technical questions. I'm not too surprised that I didn't make it any further in the process.
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Question 1
Describe the most difficult programming project you ever undertook and the process by which you succeeded.