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. I interviewed at Microsoft (Albany, NY) in Oct 2015
Interview
30min. No self introduction... Go to coding directly. ORZ. I solved only one problem. And 5min is to aks questions. Actually I want to ask the salary, but, you know, I need to focus on the other aspect first. Then I ask some product related questions about surface book. The guy is nice and patient. Gave me quite a lot hint and assist me the thinking process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
k sorted list merging. Need to analyze the T/S complexity. Need the optimal answer.
I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (El Cairo, ) in May 2014
Interview
I've applied online, two weeks later, a recruiter sent me a link to a coding test which was a three coding questions. then I was invited to the onsite interviews on Microsoft offices in cairo, each interview was one to one interview.
Interview questions [4]
Question 1
Given an unsorted array of integers in O(n) time complexity. find the first unrepeated element in that array. For example:
A = [1 2 3 3 2 1 4 5 6] the answer is 4.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Microsoft (Seattle, WA) in Apr 2013
Interview
I flew into Seattle, stayed in a hotel for one night, and left for my onsite interview the next morning. I talked to three engineers in total, and was taken on a shuttle to each location. The whole interview process was really smooth and thorough.