Software Engineer I 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 (Bengaluru)
Interview
Leetcode medium problems regarding dp, binary search, and graphs followed by Hiring Manager round. They asked to implement on a code editor and than to optimize the solutions.
In Hiring Manager round, they asked previous experience and also hld related questions regarding scaling and handling billions of users.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Implement Deque and its functionalities like push, pop etc
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Ciudad de México) in Sep 2025
Interview
1. Contacted by the recruiter
2. Onlinne assesment
3. 3 interviews in day (Hiring manager, Developer (hacker ranck), Developer (Talked aboout my experience))
Overall the interviewers were nice, but they really want a specific situation for every question.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Behavioral questions (Tell me a time when you have a conflict, Tell me a time when you innovate something)
Coding interview it was a medium LC
I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft (Nairobi) in Sep 2025
Interview
Sprint interview where we had to answer questions from the telephone. We were asked questions like interests which I answered with football as I am a huge arsenal fan. Challenges I had were why I had not worked for over a year.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How I spend my downtime. Spending time with friends