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 a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Nov 2010
Interview
telephonic interview follwed by the 1:1 interview. Both the interviews were great. Telephonic interview was mostly covering my background and experience with some CS fundamentals questions.
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Microsoft (Hyderabad) in Oct 2010
Interview
The interview was basically for software developer intern at MIcrosoft IDC, Hyderabad. The hiring process consisted of a written test followed by a group interview and 2 1:1 interviews
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
In an array, there is exactly one element which repeats odd number of times and rest all other elements repeat even number of the times. Find the element optimally