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 online. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Sep 2025
Interview
The interview was easy. Most of the questions they asked were leetcode easy. Unfortunately I haven't been selected even after answering everything perfectly. I think they rejected me because of the ongoing Visa issues.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Returning true if number exists in Binary Search Tree
After submitting the CV - if not filtered out you get a home assignment, if passed - Interview day (3 independent interviews) and if passed all those interviews - you get an offer in the evening.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Processing requests from a server, to generate, renew or count tokens.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft in Oct 2025
Interview
one coding round - 2 medium leetcode questions
loop interview 4 rounds. 3 interviews had one or two coding along with 2 behavorial questions and one system design plus 2 behavorial questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
behavorial - Tell me a situation where you have failed?
3 rounds same questions along with one other question