Principal Software Development Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Microsoft with 2.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 33% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Principal Software Development Engineer roles take an average of 10 days to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Microsoft overall takes an average of 30 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Microsoft as a Principal Software Development Engineer according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 60%
Skills test: 40%
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I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Seattle, WA) in Mar 2016
Interview
Submitted my resume through microsoft website. Recruiter called in after 2-3 weeks. It was an hour long interview. We spoke about my resume and skillset. never got back again. emailed him after a week, but was ignored.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
general questions about the resume. previous project, what do i want to work on and my skillset.
I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Jan 2017
Interview
it is tough but smooth overall, it takes a couple of hours to finish and at the end, really exhausted to answer any more questions,it is tough but smooth overall, it takes a couple of hours to finish and at the end, really exhausted to answer any more questions
I applied online. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Microsoft (Bellevue, WA) in Jan 2017
Interview
Applied online got a call from HR(who was pretty professional and nice) and was scheduled for an interview in 2 days. I immediately had a feeling that the interviewer was absolutely not interested in either conducting the interview or had already made up his mind not to select the candidate. He asked me a very basic question, which I did in 40mins with test case and all but it is now a m9nth and have not heard back from them. The HR should have at least had the courtesy to give a feedback. I suggest having two or more people on the phone interview panel so that people can not manipulate the process of hiring talented and hardworking candidates.