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 online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Microsoft (New York, NY) in Jan 2018
Interview
very nice. The employer offer me water and other stuff. I was not very prepared but they focus more on my abilities and background/experience to judge my expertise in the topic
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (Praga) in Jan 2017
Interview
I had a phone call with the talent acquisition recruiter. It was a 30-45 mins call and just a quick review of the cv etc. Then I had a technical phone call based on algorithmic questions. After 2-3 weeks I had an onsite interview lasting 5 hours with 5 different technical employees.
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Question 1
I do not remember the exact questions. But it was about algorithmic/sorting/searching problems with given time complexity.
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Microsoft in Nov 2018
Interview
On campus interview - first round. Met through campus career fair. Was first interview in the day. Never opt for the first interview of the day. Asked Basic HR questions and projects on resume before proceeding forward to technical question. Only One question. Did not have time to code, asked for pseudo code.