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 online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Bellvue, VA) in Sep 2018
Interview
I was contacted through email by a Microsoft recruiter that there was a recruiting event day in Redmond, WA. I followed up and completed an online assessment which was 3 technical questions with coding and bug squash and design. I then went onsite two weeks later with an interview day: 4 technical interviews with principal engineers back to back in an interview building with other candidates.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given a sorted integer matrix where columns and rows are increasing, efficiently find if an element exists in this matrix (n x m).
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (Monterrey, Nuevo León) in Sep 2018
Interview
A friend who was an intern this summer gave my resume to the recruiter. I was contacted and given an interview in Monterrey, Mexico. The interview was one on one with a Microsoft engineer. It lasted for about 45 min. The first 25 minutes were non-technical questions. The other 20 were for the technical question.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
You have a matrix filled with ones and zeros. You need to return the size of the biggest "one" island. An island is a group of ones surrounded by zeros.
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Minneapolis, MN) in Sep 2018
Interview
Contacted by a University Recruiter at Linkedin to submit an application online and schedule interview date on campus. It was on campus interview, 1-on-1, all technical, no behavioral questions, only one round.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Asked about differences between stack and queue. Implement a stack using the queue. Some basics about Java. Implement a post-order traversal of a rooted tree without using recursion.