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 online. I interviewed at Microsoft (Hyderabad)
Interview
There were about 4 rounds. One was an initial coding assessment. Those who progressed moved to further rounds. 3 rounds after that, mostly ds algo and 1 final hiring manager round.
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Questions on Linked Lists, array traversals. Good questions
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Microsoft (Dublín, Dublín)
Interview
6 rounds of which 4 were full and in depth technical. Last 2 rounds were behavioural and team adaptability. All in all pretty difficult interview process to eliminate false negative as much as possible.
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Asked me to solve Sudoku using a program of my choice.
The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Praga) in Jun 2024
Interview
1. technical screen 2. algo 3. behavioral 4. system design. 5. oop rounds. otherwise i was contained on LinkedIn and proccess took 1 month. friendly interviewer trying to help you with everything