Software 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 3 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Mar 2019
Interview
Questions were easier than anticipated but there seemed to be greater emphasis to get them correct. 4 interviews all day back-to-back, it was pretty exhausting by the end. Interview process was pretty rushed, had a call and they told me three days later to come on-sight. The developers and recruiters I talked to were nice but everything seemed unorganized until the day of the interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
You're given a string of ints, called s, and and an int, called k. Write a function that returns the smallest value of 's' when you eliminate k ints from s.
I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Microsoft
Interview
Totally problem solving stuff. Alot of questions from data structures were asked. Interviewers were really good and helpful in reaching the desired solutions.Overall it was an awesome experience. Mostly focus on algorithms.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
It was related to asymptotic complexity in algos and optimal solutions design
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Mar 2019
Interview
Two phone calls, one with highly technical questions, one more HR related. Followed by a gruelling day of interviews in Redmond, 8:30 am till 5:30 pm . Staff were friendly, especially the recruiters.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I was asked to write code to solve the hough transform to find lines in an image.