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 online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Los Angeles, CA) in Jan 2021
Interview
Pretty cool. The interview was very chill and we had a good talk. Love the vibe in the main office building too, I walk in and said hi and got the job pretty much.
The interview process is a multiple-stage process for hiring new employees. The stages mainly comprise job interviews held either one-on-one, with a group of candidates, or with a panel. Interviews are conducted in person, over the phone or by email, or via video conferencing tools.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Microsoft (Israel, TX) in Mar 2024
Interview
Interviews for graduates with a year+ of experience for their security group. A quality test afterwards -
2 initial technical interviews, each interview with 2 questions
and a more personal last interview with technical questions about my last job.
You get to the third interview only if you pass the first two.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
First two interviews:
"Find All Anagrams in a String" on LeetCode
Creating a queue from stacks
Creating an iterator over a binary tree that traverses in a BFS manner
"Interleaving String" question on LeetCode
Last interview: More questions about my personality and technical questions based on what I did at work, description of a project, description of dealing with situations in a team, etc.