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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First rounded consisted of about 50 questions on aptitude which we were supposed to solve in 45 minutes.This was followed by technical round,which had questions on DS,OS,DBMS,C++,C.Then came the technical interview followed by the H.R round.The questions in the technical round were easy as well.But they asked in depth about the resume.They mostly checked us on our basics of DBMS and DS.
Although I could not make it to the H.R round,but those who made it said it lasted for about 15 minutes and it was a good experience.
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All the questions were fairly easy as it was an on-campus hiring process,the cutoff was high though.
I applied through college or university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft
Interview
Easy interview, contacted by recruiter and set up interview. Interview was relaxed, one on one with a guy. Asked me to write code, asked me about resume. I don't think the first round is supposed to be very hard but I messed up on one of the technical questions.
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Microsoft
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I submitted my resume at my university career fair, and was followed up with an interview. The questions that were given were a mix of behavioral, technical, and resume review.
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Given any number of elements, list out all possible combinations of those elements.