Microsoft SDE Intern Interview

I’m writing this up using Live Writer on the plane (Note: offline!) as I fly from Melbourne (YMML) back to Sydney (YSSY) after a day of interviews. I say a day, because it involves flying down in the morning and then flying back up in the evening. No, the actual interview didn’t take then entire day.

What can I say? I gave it my best, and enjoyed talking each and every interviewers. Although I didn’t sign an NDA, I can’t (and don’t want to) disclose the interview questions. However, I do want to tell you how the process was.

So it turns out that they interview 3 people at the same time, with 3 different interviewers. So the day of interviews is made up of 3 different interviews, lasting for roughly 30 minutes each. We rotated from one interviewer to another, so that makes 3 × 30 minutes = 1.5 hours.

Overall it was a great experience – not strictly formal, but really technical. The three interviewers today was Carrie (HR), Chris (Testing), and Hugh (Developing). Basically these three interviewers reflected the three positions that we could be interviewed for: SDE, SDET or PM.

Anyway, the position that I’m aiming for is SDE, but I won’t know how I went until next Tuesday – more anxious waiting.

Finally, a word of congrats to everyone whom have made it thus far in the interviews, getting to fly to Microsoft Melbourne paid for by Microsoft. Especially to those from Sydney University: Peter Budd, Liviu Constantinescu, Yan Shvartzshnaider. I didn’t expect to see so many people from Sydney Uni today.

Have I missed anyone?

Update 16 Sep 08. I got in, yay!