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. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft in Oct 2011
Interview
Meet with Microsoft representatives at a career fair. Several weeks later, I was selected as a candidate and asked to fill out an employment survey. List the types of products and services you are interested in, and what team (Software engineer, software engineer in test, or program manager) you would like to work on.
I interviewed on campus a week later. This consisted of general questions about my background and experience, and followed by a technical question.
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft in Oct 2010
Interview
first 15 mins talked about behavioral questions: the software i like most, why and wt i can do to improve it. later 15 mins technical question: (forgot what is it, but not too difficult..)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
what is your favorite software and why? what improvement can you do?