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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The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Taipei)
Interview
1. Hiring manager interview: Discuss previous working experiences and behavior questions.
2. Coding test: two medium coding questions
3. System design interview: common system design questions
Recommended that well-prepared the system design, and case sharing for behavior questions.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Los Angeles, CA) in Nov 2020
Interview
It was a 4 hour interview process to land on Microsoft365, 50 min each interview and the last one was with the hiring manager, 2 code challenges and 1 design question
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Create a linked list and add and remove nodes from it
Fast, easy and well informed. HR and everyone else is really helful during the process. The process is easy but the interview steps are complex. Would recommened for entry level - mid senior software engineers.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
API integration and design, programming languages.