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 5 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Melbourne) in Apr 2016
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Applied through a recruiter and got an interview. Interviewer was nice, he had flown to Australia from the states for a few days to do batch interviewing. Only one question was asked, and it was very simple however the interviewer was expecting you to identify very abstract edge cases. Asked to write a number of test cases for your solution as well. Waiting to hear back.
I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Microsoft in Apr 2016
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Recently I gave four rounds of interview in Microsoft. I went upto managerial round but after that I didn't hear anything from HR.after a week when I called HR,the response I get was "The position on hold,once it resumes we will get back to you". This is the first time I think Microsoft is doing something like this.this is really disappointing and frustrating.
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programs and oops concept were asked in the interview.
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Feb 2016
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Applied online. Recruiter contacted me and set up a phone screen. The phone screen was for 45 minutes and consisted of puzzles and questions about my resume, past experiences, projects, etc. Got a reply within 2 days that I had cleared the phone round and would move on to the onsite interviews. It took almost 2 months to schedule the onsite due to scheduling conflicts. Onsite interviews started after lunch and consisted of 4 back to back interviews of about 45 mins each. 3 of them were coding and 1 was a design problem. All on the whiteboard.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
DS and algorithms based. Questions similar to the moderate/ hard from CTCI.