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 in Jan 2019
Interview
Responded and signed up for an interview slot on their website. Interview was about 35 mins, starting off with a couple behavioral questions and questions about my resume. Ended with a short technical question, which the interviewer asked me to solve puzzle.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Microsoft (Sunnyvale, CA) in Feb 2018
Interview
The interview process was similar to a typical software engineer position at BayArea. A telephonic screening followed by 5 rounds of onsite interviews one after the another scheduled in a single day.
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Question 1
In the system design interview, they initially asked me to design "Instagram". However during requirement clarification they realized that I haven't used Instagram much and hence later changed the question to design "Uber" instead
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Feb 2015
Interview
Process was smooth, interviewers were helpful and were giving hints all the time, all kind of questions from data structure to algorithms, architecture and design patterns. Multiple people from different teams interviewed and they gave feedback same day