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 college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Indore) in Oct 2013
Interview
The Interview process was pretty straightforward. We had a written test initially, which consists of a mix of coding and aptitude questions. Written test was followed by 3 interviews, out of which two are technical and one is HR.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
1. Design a ATM Machine, including all the test cases.
Was asked multiple question about improving the complexity of one question. The interviewer only gave me positive feedback and I asked him if the answer I gave him made sense to him, to which he answered "yes". Still I got a rejection email saying "I'm not a good fit". Discussed it with some friends and it made sense to them also but I don't what else the interviewer was looking for in a candidate.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Find the first unique character in a string. Improve complexity
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Microsoft (Dublín, Dublín) in Nov 2015
Interview
I'm a computer science student. The interview I did was over Skype for Business. The interview was about 30 minutes. The interviewer was very nice and allowed me to steer the conversation in whichever topic I wanted. After talking about myself I was given a programming challenge. Unfortunately it seems nerves got to me too much. At the end I was able to ask any questions that I wanted. Overall it was a good experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is the difference between managed and unmanaged programming languages?