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      Software Engineer Interview

      Nov 17, 2016
      Anonymous employee
      Redmond, WA
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through college or university. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Sep 2016

      Interview

      Microsoft recruits at my college. I applied by talking to the recruiters at the career fairs. The first round of interview was on campus. Standard 45-minute interview. The first half of the interview was behavioral, we chatted about my resume and experience and what I like to work on. The second half was technical, and the question was not difficult at all. I heard back 2 weeks later and scheduled my on-site interview at Redmond, WA. I had four back-to-back interviews. The interviews were mostly technical on standard algorithms and data structures, but they weren't hard either. Final thoughts: compared to Google and Facebook, Microsoft's interviews were much easier. They really want to see how you think, rather than grilling you with DP questions.

      Interview questions [2]

      Question 1

      You were part of the Microsoft Azure team. We got a call at 2am in the morning from a customer telling us that the service is down. What could possibly happen?
      3 Answers

      Question 2

      Given the number of parentheses, generate all valid parentheses.
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