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
It was pretty standard with all the general algorithm questions. They mostly focused on standard data structures and algorithm questions. If you focus on the fundamentals you should be able to pass the interview.
I had a phone interview, then got a home assignment. And had two more F2F (professional) interviews. The full process, in general, includes about 5 steps in general - phone interview, 2 professional interviews, meeting with the HR, meeting with a manager in the group.
Interview questions [5]
Question 1
Find out if there's a circle in a given a linked list.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Microsoft
Interview
Only got to first round. Typical interview questions like "what are your strengths and weaknesses", talk about a project you've done recently, what kind of experience do you have. One technical question at the end. Interviewer wasn't very friendly.