Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Microsoft with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 63% positive. To compare, the company-average is 63.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 34 days to get hired, when considering 71 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Microsoft overall takes an average of 40 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Microsoft as a Software Engineer according to 71 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 23%
Phone interview: 19%
Skills test: 18%
Presentation: 13%
Group panel interview: 6%
Background check: 6%
Other: 4%
Personality test: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Drug test: 3%
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I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Jan 2019
Interview
Phone call straight to onsite. For phone call it just went over resume and asked me a couple technical questions - thread vs. process, describe recursion to 5 year old. Recruiter was not experienced so not sure how he judged me. On site was around 40 other people, all split into groups of four. In our group of four we had four interviewers who did 1 on 1 with us. Three technical and one behavioral. All super nice. Other than your skills they wanted to see your attitude, willingness to learn, how you accept criticism, and excitement to programming. All of them went through resume and asked questions on them. Also be prepared to know OOP principles.
Interview questions [4]
Question 1
two-sum: return indices of two numbers in an array that add up to n
Was a typical first round recruiter screen - pretty straightforward but didn't end up getting moved vforwards. Prompt, Professional and overall a good experience. They asked me about my background, explained the role and it was with the recruitment team.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe your background going into detial in each role
Expect a lengthy hiring process that can take at least two months from start to finish. In my experience, there was approximately one month of interviews followed by another month waiting for the final decision. Be prepared for a slow timeline, especially after completing all interview stages.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time where have above and beyond for a customer
I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft (Melbourne)
Interview
After submitting an online application, I received a HackerRank assessment after passing the resume screening stage, then I was rejected after completing the assessment and did not proceed to further interview rounds.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The assessment consisted of two LeetCode-medium-level coding questions to be completed within 75 minutes.