Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Microsoft with 4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 68.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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I applied in-person. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Microsoft (Seattle, WA) in Mar 2020
Interview
Was asked a code quiz. I made it quickly without too much challenge and that round got passed. The next round was not coding quiz anymore but a real problem the interviewer said he is handling, while that problem looks a bit weird to me..
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Los Angeles, CA) in Apr 2024
Interview
OOP Question
first got a call from recruiter and then scheduled an interview with HM
Hiring manager asked me some questions and then an OOP white board question, answered that but with some hesitations and this made me not to go further for the process I believe
He gave me a really good feedback that made me work on myself and I got couple offers afterwards in other interviews
Average interview. They asked a few questions that I had not completed yet courses for (1 year our from graduation). There was an on-campus interview that was pretty standard, and an in person interview with three rounds of interviews.