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 3 days. I interviewed at Microsoft in Apr 2020
Interview
1. A recruiter's phone call with brief conversation 2. The online assessment : This online technical screen (OTS) is conducted via an online coding platform called Codility 3. Online assessment practice questions 4. The on-site interviews 5. On-site practice questions
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given a grid consisting of '0's(Water) and '1's(Land), find the number of islands.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Microsoft (Tel Aviv) in Nov 2022
Interview
Good, software questions and behavioral . First they do a home-task that is two hours long. Two questions, basic software (leetcode) type. Then a 20 min short interview. Asks about relevant courses and some knowledge, tell me about a challenge and another behavioral questions.
I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft in Aug 2020
Interview
interview through phone calls due to the long distance caused by the covid-19. Making self-introduction. Talking about the position, discussing the working content, and dealing with a few assignments given by them.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
For example: How to stall your clients through email?