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 an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Microsoft (Tel Aviv) in Nov 2017
Interview
First there was a basic phone screening. Then two technical interviews one after the other. The first with an employee the second with a team manager. If you pass you get interviewed by another team manager and an HR interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
You have a stream of numbers. How do you pick one of them at uniform distribution
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (El Cairo, ) in Jun 2017
Interview
Online application, then a Phone interview, then an HR Interview, then a Technical interview, then a Manager interview, then a Final interview..
Although it was quite a long process but it wasn't difficult rather than it was a nice selective process..
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 8 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Seattle, WA) in Nov 2017
Interview
i first had a phone interview and then an onsite interview in Seattle(WA). phone interview was very simple, basic tech questions, onsite was more challenging and the interviewers wanted quick answers and didn't allow for much time to think about the response.