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. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Microsoft in Jan 2019
Interview
It was good.
Applied through college.
One tech round at campus
and 3 rounds in onsite interview.
1st round system design, 2nd and 3rd coding interviews.
Discussion based on resume
Some behavioural questions.
Interviewers were friendly except one guy.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Easy questions.
LinkedList
Api for string operations.
etc.
System Design standard questions
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft in Jan 2019
Interview
Responded and signed up for an interview slot on their website. Interview was about 35 mins, starting off with a couple behavioral questions and questions about my resume. Ended with a short technical question, which the interviewer asked me to solve puzzle.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Microsoft (Sunnyvale, CA) in Feb 2018
Interview
The interview process was similar to a typical software engineer position at BayArea. A telephonic screening followed by 5 rounds of onsite interviews one after the another scheduled in a single day.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
In the system design interview, they initially asked me to design "Instagram". However during requirement clarification they realized that I haven't used Instagram much and hence later changed the question to design "Uber" instead