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 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (San Francisco, CA) in Jan 2016
Interview
I had two on-site interviews, probably because they knew that I am a local. The first interview was rather brief and informal; basically the same as a technical phone screen, but in person. The second was a full-day onsite with five engineers. I also had lunch with some non-technical people with whom I would potentially be working on the same team.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Because I was applying for a full-stack web dev role, two of my interviewers were back-end engineers, so they asked a lot of SQL questions.
I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft (Mountain View, CA) in Jun 2014
Interview
The interview include a telephone screening and on-site interview with 5 people from same group. The interview questions is relatively easy. The on-site interview took a day and includes lunch with one of the group members. All people asked coding questions and some of them are more focused on domain knowledge than others. I thought I have passed the interview but then the HR came back and said they have hired more experience candidates.
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (Mountain View, CA) in Nov 2015
Interview
I applied for Intern position in Microsoft.
First they would do an on-campus interview in your university. If you can pass that, you will come to the final-round interview, which is on-site. Microsoft would compensate your travel, food, hotel, etc. fee. The final-round would last 4 hours since it consists of 4 smaller interviews, usually 3 engineers and 1 team manager. And in a few days they will give you feedback.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe one of your favorite projects in your resume and the most difficult part of it.