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 in-person. I interviewed at Microsoft (Suzhou, Jiangsu) in Apr 2017
Interview
ask basic embedded interface like SPI, IIC, and algorithm to sort data, then ask very detail about the projects I have done before. c++ 11 stranded library .
Online screening with 3 questions and something like an iq test. After you pass those, you go to an interview in the office. Asked three questions, 2d arrays, linked lists, and dfs.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Microsoft (Bellevue, WA) in May 2017
Interview
First they will conduct a technical phone screen and then if you make if past the phone screen you will go to an onsite. Be sure to use cracking the coding interview when prepping my question was taken from the book and was slightly modified. Not a difficult interview and the recruiter will give you plenty of hints. Just be patient with yourself and relax. I think I overstressed myself over it and just had a bad day. Trust that you know your stuff if you've prepared, they're not trying to trick you.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Describe your past experience? How did you contribute to the product?