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 an employee referral. I interviewed at Microsoft in May 2017
Interview
Microsoft recruitment team visited my university to screen resumes and select people to do a phone screen. Since I had an internal reeferal from a friend, they decided to skip the phone screen and I had an 1-on-1 on my university campus. I passed this first interview and they decided to book me a flight to do a on-site interview, which happened approximately 2 months after the first one. This second and final phase was much harder than the first one, I had 4 interviews with a 10-minutes break between each one. I received my offer right on spot, 10 to 15 minutes after my last interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions about Object-Oriented Design, hash maps and matrix, binary trees and dynamic programming.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Microsoft (Hyderabad) in Jan 2013
Interview
Online coding test with MCQs and online IDEs
Selected candidates had a phone interview, with technical theory questions & personal questions
Selected candidates were invited for in person interviewing at Hyderabad campus. This lasted a day and had 3 coding rounds.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Scaling a simple stack algorithm for huge bytes of data - including space and time optimization
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Microsoft in Jul 2017
Interview
They contact me by Linkedin.I applied online. I have done the OTS. Everyone was very gentle with me, they give me material to study to be ready for the interview. Great opportunity