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      Software Development/Software Testing Engineer Interview

      20 Oct 2010
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Neutral experience

      Other Software Development/Software Testing Engineer interview reviews for Microsoft

      Software Development Test Engineer Interview

      2 Jan 2019
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Seattle, WA
      No offer
      Difficult interview

      Application

      The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Microsoft in Oct 2010

      Interview

      Interview was via campus recruitment. I have had several interviews with various companies/government identities and this was definitely different from what I had experienced before. Most of my other interviews the interviewer gets to know you a little bit, may have a few questions about the work experience in your resume, mainly to get you to talk. This was different in the sense where there wasn't much of "Tell me about yourself, your experience, etc". It was more along the lines of "This is what I do. This is what software development is, this is what software testing is". Then from there went on to discussing a problem where you have a function with 3 string parameters. You basically have to design the search and replace function. While doing so he throws in scenarios that may cause your code to break and you have to react to those scenarios. Anything from replacing the word "ball" with "baseball" or replacing the word ball with "ballballballball ball ball ballball", etc. You get to ask a couple of questions about the company and that was it. It seemed like to me that they had a person with specific skillset in mind and were going straight for that rather than looking for students in general interested in microsoft that may have a place in MS.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Design a function that would perform the search and replace function found in MS Word.
      1 Answer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Microsoft (Seattle, WA)

      Interview

      Over all good experience with process It was single day 4 face to face with various team . I was really thrilled to have such solid question.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Mostly technical question around work done earlier
      1 Answer

      Software Development Test Engineer Interview

      7 Nov 2018
      Anonymous employee
      Accepted offer
      Neutral experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft

      Interview

      Phone interview and then in person with a group. Process moved fairly quickly. Team fit questions and coding questions on the white board. Study up for all basic knowledge skills and some complex problems.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Explain when you had conflict
      Answer question
      1

      Software Development Test Engineer Interview

      16 Nov 2017
      Anonymous employee
      Redmond, WA
      Accepted offer
      Neutral experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Jul 2017

      Interview

      I applied through a college recruiter. I initially had a phone screening, followed by an in-person interview by the recruiter, before finally having an in-person technical interview. Phone screen lasted 30 minutes. Recruiter interview 30 minutes. Technical interview 1 hour.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Miscellaneous questions regarding operational knowledge of software and hardware involved in the specific position I was applying for. Design an algorithm to isolate and filter data.
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