Software Engineer 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 4 days. I interviewed at Microsoft in Sep 2023
Interview
First round was completely technical and was DSA based. Topics asked were Trie ,Binary tree and Linked list.
Second round was AA around and I was asked about project, operating system,oops and computer architecture. Also behavioral questions were asked
There were 3 rounds of interviews. All three were technical, but also included various general questions. The interviews were conducted in English language and lasted approximately 30 minutes each. After the last interview, or actually in the middle of it I got a feedback that I needed more side technical jobs and projects to work on and not just follow the university course program. This was for software engineer internship.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Dublín, Dublín)
Interview
3 rounds
1 with HR
3 hrs tech interview
1 System design
2 Software design OPPS and design patterns and about apis and securing the application
3 Coding - Algorithm
1 Final round with Head of department