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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The interview process was fine and cordial. However, it is clear they expect the top answer for a trivial question. Compare to other top companies. One of the more fair one.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Question that tests your coding knowledge instead of full data structure.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Seattle, WA) in Jul 2024
Interview
First is Hiring Manager interview round, including self-introduction, tech questions, behavior questions, 1 coding question, I passed. Next is 3 loop interviews round, including 3 coding questions, behavior questions, tech questions, open questions.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (São Paulo, )
Interview
Terrible. This was for a remote software engineer position in Brazil reserved for PwD (PCD in pt-br). The recruiter failed to identify himself and his position in the emails, didn't use the video, and asked me to just send along sensitive health documents over plain email. On top of that, he described what looked like a high-performance coding challenge through Codility. This was not expected given people with disabilities like me have gone through so much through life. My accommodation requests were declined.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
To solve timed code skill challenges and live coding.