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 a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Sep 2013
Interview
You’ll meet with your potential coworkers and team; you’ll typically meet for up to an hour each with three to six people during your interviews.
In most cases, you’ll interview with people on two teams within a single product group or two different teams working on entirely different products. We try to find the best fit based on the team's business needs and your own skills and interests.
You’ll have a chance to look around. We'll make sure you have time to see campus and get a feel for the area that may soon become your home.
Be open about your skills. Be upfront about what you do know and what you do not. If you don’t have the exact skill that an interviewer asks you about, don’t panic: part of the interview process is learning and dealing with ambiguity.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Microsoft (San Diego, CA) in Nov 2016
Interview
Phone interview followed by on-line test. I was questioned about programming experience. My experience in the .NET environment has been daily for about 5 years. They seemed to be looking for an exact skill set.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Jan 2017
Interview
One skype interview with coding questions, then a full day of in-person interviews. There were 6 in a row at 60-90 minutes each including a lunch interview. I received an offer via email 2 hours after finishing.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Write a method that converts any roman numeral into an integer