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      Software Development Engineer In Test Intern Interview

      Nov 27, 2012
      Anonymous employee
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience

      Application

      I applied through university. I interviewed at Microsoft

      Other Software Development Engineer In Test Intern interview reviews for Microsoft

      Software Development Engineer In Test Intern Interview

      Dec 17, 2013
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Seattle, WA
      The process took 4 weeks. 

      Interview

      Recruiter visited my school and was accepting resumes. Decided to attend at the last minute and sort of just threw a resume together. A bunch of friends heard back and I was sure I had been denied, till a few days later I received an email asking me to schedule a phone interview. Phone interview was pretty basic, only 1 simple testing related problem. Rest of questions were more to gain a sense of my background and skills. Within a day of the phone interview I got an email saying I had bee recommended for a onsite interview. Lots of emails to book the trip, hotel, etc. A few days before interview, received an email saying the business division I was interviewing for. Flew down to Redmond (Microsoft covers everything and gives a ton of resources to ensure a pleasant visit). Interview day they pick you up from the hotel and take you to the building where your division is located. You spend most of the day in a room with a lot of other interns. There's 4 interviews, each 45 minutes. At each interview time an army of interviewers show up, one assigned for each candidate. During the interviews you are usually asked a question about yourself, followed by coding, followed by test cases. Within 24 hours received the results.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Given a string containing sets of curly braces (ex. "({LMN}h{RlO}}") print out the reverse of everything in curly braces. (Ex. "RIOhLMN" )
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      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Seattle, WA) in Dec 2013

      Interview

      2 rounds: Phone interview then on Microsoft campus interview

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      How to test the function sort in Excel
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      Software Development Engineer In Test Intern Interview

      Jan 23, 2014
      Anonymous employee
      Seattle, WA
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied through university. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (Seattle, WA) in Dec 2013

      Interview

      Met Microsoft at a career fair. Had an on campus first round interview and 6 weeks later was contacted about going to Seattle for the final round. The entire interview process took around 2.5-3 months

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Given any number break it down into a multiplication of all prime numbers ie 8 => 2 x 2 x 2. Shift an array by x spots in place. Design and test a file backup system.
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      Software Development Engineer In Test Intern Interview

      Mar 26, 2014
      Anonymous employee
      Redmond, WA
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through university. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Dec 2013

      Interview

      One on-campus interview, then one on-site all-day interview (Redmond in my case).

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Test a bicycle.
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