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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Applied online on Microsoft careers
HR reached out to me
had scheduled a screening round over Microsoft teams
Position was for Software Engineer, L59 not too difficult
Need to do coding online and must be working for all test cases
Very good interview process and took some 3 to. 4 rounds and finally got an offer. As the rounds were behavioural and technical rounds and algorithms and data strictures and programming
The process consisted of an initial HR phone screen to discuss background and cultural fit, followed by an online coding assessment focusing on data structures and algorithms. Next was an on-site technical day including live coding, system design, and behavioral interviews with senior engineers and the hiring manager.
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Question 1
They asked me to design a scalable microservice for handling high-volume real-time transactions, including API structure, data storage, and fault tolerance.