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 (Taipei) in Feb 2026
Interview
A 45-minute phone screen that primarily focused on my resume and past work experience. The interviewer asked detailed questions about my previous projects, responsibilities, and specific technical decisions, including deep dives into the technologies I used and how I approached problem-solving.
I applied, took the online assessment, and did a hiring event loop. The loop had 4 technical rounds, including a low level design. DSA. The hiring events are on Wednesdays.
I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft (Ann Arbor, MI) in Jan 2026
Interview
very straight forward, organized, the final technical round was hard but the recruiter was attentive and nice. it took 45 minutes which was 2 coding problems, 1 was hard the other was medium
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
name the time you had the hardest bug in your code