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. I interviewed at Microsoft (Herzliya)
Interview
technical one, with a senior developer. All the usual, about me and my experience, about the role (cortana), then we went to technical question on the board. She let me email her things I didn't have time to answer in the interview which was nice
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
you have a tree, return the longest path from root to a leaf. talked about time complexity. then another function that when you needed to use the first function. A little more complex
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Ithaca, NY) in Feb 2019
Interview
In person technical interview with current developer. Was first asked a few behavioral questions about interests and proceeded to answer technical question and write code on whiteboard. Interviewer was nice.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft
Interview
First, there is a test with problems. If you pass that test you got to interviews with four members of Microsoft who asks more complicated algorithm problems. They also ask about your previous experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Fastest algorithm to determinate if circle and rectangle collide.