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 through a recruiter. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA)
Interview
Initial call with recruiter was brief. He simply asked about my experience. I told him about my past which I felt was overqualified but they turned me down without explanation. Pretty typical.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What technologies did you use at your previous roles?
I applied online. The process took 8 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Mar 2022
Interview
First round live coding interview with an engineer 4 Rounds of interviews with engineers from different teams, 3 technical and one team fit interview. The final one was with a hiring manager
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Nueva Delhi) in Jan 2023
Interview
It was hard and they asked a lot of questions from the domain on real life solutions using code logic. We had to complete it within a certain amount of time.