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 3 months. I interviewed at Microsoft
Interview
Easy Process. There are 5 stages, online application, situational reasoning, skype, phone screening and then finally the assessment day. The compentancy questions are general in nature and are not too hard to answer, things like why microsoft, what motivates you. The techical questions are some of the common questions given in software interview e.g fizzbuzz.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Microsoft (Seattle, WA) in Feb 2015
Interview
The first interview I had was with a college recruiter, which went well. It was more behavioral in nature. I was contacted back about a month later and told I had the opportunity for a second-round interview at their headquarters in Seattle. There were four interviews asking about coding questions. I feel the first interview was the most important and I hear this is how they gauge your skill level and will communicate this to your next interviewers.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Microsoft
Interview
I've applied online and after two months I've received a mail to sschedule a phone interview. The interviewer said that the interview will last 30 min. After that, they booked me a flight to prague and had an on site inteview at the skype headquarters that lasted about 5 hours.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What would you do if the client asked for a new feature with only one week left before the release?