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 3 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Toronto, ON) in Oct 2015
Interview
I placed second in our school's Microsoft sponsored coding challenge. I gave the people who ran the competition my resume afterwards. I was contacted by Microsoft recruiters a few weeks later requesting a 1:1 interview with a software engineer when they were scheduled to come to my school for recruiting.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given some coin denominations, and quantity of each, write a program to determine if you can create a given dollar amount, k, from said coins.
I applied through college or university. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Dec 2014
Interview
two phone interviews, one behavioral, one technical. The on campus interview was much more complex. 4 45 min on campus interviews (in one day) one with a high level manager, and 3 with serious programmers). the technical interviews were trickier, but they all asked unique questions relating to their roles in the industry.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you convert an Excel spreadsheet letter into an integer? and vice-versa
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Indore) in Oct 2013
Interview
The Interview process was pretty straightforward. We had a written test initially, which consists of a mix of coding and aptitude questions. Written test was followed by 3 interviews, out of which two are technical and one is HR.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
1. Design a ATM Machine, including all the test cases.