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 a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Microsoft (Dublín, Dublín)
Interview
There was a phone interview followed by a full day technical and later management meeting. The phone interview was just a quick chat about my previous experience. The day long interview was with two software developers. They had a list of technical questions. Silly stuff really, difference between a struct and a class. Some object orientated questions. MSSQL database design schemas and the like. The two guys were pleasant. The managerial interview went well up to the point where he asked why I had listed Linux on my CV when I was applying to Microsoft. He seemed to be implying that I was a radically anti-Microsoft. It was unpleasant.
very long they have several stages such as your speaking text maths understanding and then couple of interviews and then the final assesment interview
after none of these interviews are you guranteed a place though
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft
Interview
Applied online from their site and heard back to set up interview within the week. Interview was mostly about background like most challenging problems faced or projects that I have worked on. Asked how you would test simple objects to make sure that they worked.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The 3 buckets question where they hold 3, 5, and 8 gallons.