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 (Sídney) in Jan 2014
Interview
Phone interview followed by in person interviews, there can be up to four interviews each with different goals, each interview was technical. You will not necessarily get all four interviews.
One interview was had a design question, two had algorithms questions and one had an implementation question. Between the interviews you are sat with a recruiter in a room with the other potential candidates. The recruiter talked about Seattle, Microsoft.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Microsoft (London, ON) in Oct 2014
Interview
Microsoft came to our university for the semester's job fair, where they were accepting resumes. They contacted me within the next few weeks and let me know to schedule an interview. The interviewer was friendly and did a great job at making the interview seem welcoming. Microsoft then contacted all interviewees within the next month.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The interviewer discussed coding experiences and how I handled them, personal projects that I've worked on, and a C coding question: Implement the char *strstr(const char *haystack, const char *needle) function.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Microsoft
Interview
The recruiter contacted me on LinkedIn and scheduled to set up an interview at a later date. The interview was telephonic with the recruiter which lasted half an hour. They asked everything that was on my resume and some behavioral questions as well. The interview was rushed through and was completed within 30 mins.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What would you go back and change about your project?
What is your biggest accomplishment till date?
What is the difference between between C++ and Python?
9 Balls Puzzle.