Anyone ever interview with Microsoft before?

[evident]

I'm applying for a software test engineer position. What type of questions do they normally ask over the phone before they fly you out? Any insight would be very helpful

 

[Deeko]

I interviewed for SDE which is very different from STE so I don't know how much help I can be - but the first interview isn't too bad, they'll ask you about your backgronud, why you want to work there, what excites you about technology, and maybe a technical question or two. The full day of interviews? Hell....mine was 7 hours long, good luck with that....haha

 

[Deeko]

If you were wondering, I didn't get an offer from the first team I interviewed with, but I did well enough that I'm still working with my recruiter to get another full-day interview with a different team that better fits with my skillset.

Do a search for "microsoft interview" there is a lot of great information out there, including blogs from Microsoft recruiters, and whole websites dedicated to information on them.

 

[TruePaige]

Sounds...intense. 0.0

 

[evident]

err actually the position is called SDET - software design engineer in test or something like that

 

[HardcoreRobot]

how would you test a soda machine?

 

[Deeko]

oh ok SDET is more programming based than STE...expect some basic programming quesitons, and then expect to be told how to break/test what you wrote.

 

[AreaCode707]

Who's your recruiter at MS? I know a bunch of the folks over there. Which business group is the position in? That will make a difference in how the interview will go. And yes, I've interviewed over there a few times and just haven't made the jump yet. I figure I will, in the next few months.

 

[Koing]

Good luck!

Koing

 

[Aikouka]

SD > ST

If you enjoy reading docs all day, more power to ya.

Last interview experience I had lasted from 8am to 3:30pm, that was fun .