Developer 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 college or university. I interviewed at Microsoft
Interview
Attended the on-campus info session, then completed first-round behavioral and analytical interviews. After advancing, I was invited to the final loop, where I was assessed on project management, product sense, and leadership.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Role play: your teammate showed you a calculator they developed, what do you do?
. Online Assessment (OA)
If you're applying off-campus or via a referral, you'll typically start with an online test.
Format:
Platform: HackerRank / Codility / CodeSignal
Duration: 60–90 minutes
Content:
2–3 DSA problems (easy to medium-hard)
One logical or pattern-matching question
Sometimes a coding optimization or debugging task
📝 Focus areas: Arrays, Strings, Hashing, Trees, Graphs, Recursion, Dynamic Programming, Sliding Window, Two Pointers.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Oct 2021
Interview
smooth - 1 phone screen round and 4 back to back onsite rounds. new grad role so no system design, they were all coding + behavioral. i got an offer pretty quickly.