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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Standard recruiter then 2 rounds of technical interviews. First round with just one engineer and the second round as a group interview with multiple engineers. Each interview lasts about 30 minutes.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Please describe work history. Basic tree traversal
The selection process is random as there are many applications for the program, so do not be discouraged if you do not get past the resume screen on your first application. If you do get selected you will proceed to schedule a phone interview. If you pass that interview then you get moved to the final round which consists of two interviews that are a mix of behavioral and technical.
I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft (Newyork, Scotland) in Jan 2022
Interview
It was an amazing experience, the questions were fair and they were patient. Expect a lot of technical interviews . They are very organised and they give feedback in good time.