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 college or university. I interviewed at Microsoft (Chicago, IL) in Oct 2017
Interview
There was a Microsoft booth set up on campus, I was one of the last people that they spoke to and was honestly kind of surprised that they reached out considering how tired they must've been. They reached out to me after a few days via email and I reserved an on-campus interview slot via their online portal.
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Question 1
Suppose you wanted to make a set (like a mathematical set where each item in the set is unique) for a library, how would you do it?
I applied through college or university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft in Oct 2016
Interview
I had phone interview with Microsoft after being recommended by a representative at the career fair at my school. The reception was really bad on the recruiter's end, which made the conversation a bit difficult. She asked general questions about why I chose CS, and I thought I did a pretty good job of answering, but never heard back, and didn't even get a response to my follow up email.
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Microsoft (Vancouver, BC) in Sep 2017
Interview
Applied through university recruiter. Received a response by email after a few days requesting for an interview. Then did a Skype interview with a software engineer. Was asked to code online using Skype and was asked a few questions about my resume.