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Microsoft Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) Intern Interview student candidate

Posted Mar 05, 2013

Accepted Offer – Interviewed on Seattle, WA (US) Feb 2013 – Reviewed Mar 05, 2013

Interview Details First of all, they went to my university for a presentation and I gave them my resume. A week later, I was contacted by email about scheduling a phone interview. The phone interview (about 20 minutes) consisted of questions like:
- How would you test a keyboard?
- What is the difference between threads and processes?
- Imagine that you get home and you find out you don't have your keys. What would you do?

Then I received an email about my phone interview and the process for an interview at Microsoft started. Microsoft pays for flights, accommodation, taxis and even your food.

I was interviewed by four different people. The interviews start with a few questions and at the end the interviewer comes up with a problem and asks you to solve it. Once you present your solution, he asks you to code it on the board.

My advice is that you should keep talking and pay attention to the hints the interviewer you give you. If he notices that you're doing something wrong, he'll probably make a comment that you can use in order to find out the problem in your idea / code.

After coding, the interviewer will ask you to come up with test cases for your code. He is probably expecting you to come up with many test cases, so think as much as you can about ways to break the code!

In the same week after my interview, I received an offer by email and accepted it.

Interview Question – Describe the most interesting project that you worked with and why you liked it.   Answer Question

Negotiation Details – I didn't negotiate.

Other Details - I applied through campus recruiting and the process took 7 weeks.

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