Software Engineer 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
Interview
Went in for 30 minute screening interview. The interviewer got my name wrong and called me "miss" but I'm a dude. I was told to ask any questions I had first, and as a result I think I spent too much time because we ran out of time for everything else. The interviewer didn't know the answers to my questions either and to be honest I had a very difficult time understanding what they were saying the entire time. I was asked to solve a coding problem in C, even though I listed python on my application. As a result, I did terribly even though it was a painfully simple problem. He spent nearly 10 minutes abstracting the beans out of " I was not asked a single behavioral question, just "when do you graduate" and "what language did you list on your application?" I took to long to understand what he was trying to ask that he told me right then we were out of time and I didn't have a chance at this job.
The entire thing left me dazed and confused
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Question 1
How do you store a 2-d data set of indeterminate size without n^2 access time
Expect a lengthy hiring process that can take at least two months from start to finish. In my experience, there was approximately one month of interviews followed by another month waiting for the final decision. Be prepared for a slow timeline, especially after completing all interview stages.
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Question 1
Tell me about a time where have above and beyond for a customer
I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft (Melbourne)
Interview
After submitting an online application, I received a HackerRank assessment after passing the resume screening stage, then I was rejected after completing the assessment and did not proceed to further interview rounds.
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Question 1
The assessment consisted of two LeetCode-medium-level coding questions to be completed within 75 minutes.
45 mins technical interview with a member of their San fran team. Very relaxed and informal but questions were focused and lots of follow ups. Easy to schedule as was over video conferencing platform