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. I interviewed at Microsoft in Feb 2024
Interview
First a phone interview with an easy leer code question. Then 5 rounds of coding+ BQ+ system design. 2 round of System designs and 3 round of coding. Interviewers are all super nice and friendly, but experiences with recruiter is not so great
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (Dublín, Dublín) in Jun 2024
Interview
First step was a phone screening with the recruiter.
Then, a 2-hour long online programming challenge, as part of this, there were two challeneges, one of them focused on complexity.
After this, there were three 45-mins long interviews, back to back, with 15 mins break between them. Each one of them was focused on a specific topic: System Design, Object Oriented Programming and Algorithms.
All interviews had a behavioral and a technical component.
After these, the final interview was a fully behavioral one.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
Tell me about a time when you didn't meet a deadline.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Microsoft (Bengaluru)
Interview
Online Assessment coding Questions were average. Must practice well DSA and you must have the basic concepts strong. one question was about array and other was string and path. the array question was solvable but i found the path question to be harder.