Financial Analyst 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 72% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Financial Analyst roles take an average of 19 days to get hired, when considering 28 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 Financial Analyst according to 28 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 33%
Phone interview: 25%
Group panel interview: 10%
Presentation: 8%
Skills test: 6%
Background check: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
Personality test: 4%
Drug test: 2%
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I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Seattle, WA) in Oct 2016
Interview
Applied through OCR, was invited for first round on campus. Since I was abroad, I skyped in. Heard back from Microsoft about a week or so later, and did my final round via Skype as well (4- 45 minute interviews back to back). If you're there in person, they bring you to dinner the night before and lunch right after the interviews.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why Microsoft?
Which divisions/products are you interested in?
General behaviorals and finance technicals, nothing unexpected.
Would say it was about 90% behavioral, 10% technical.
Starts with resume screening and a recruiter phone call, followed by technical or functional interviews with problem-solving, coding, or case studies, plus behavioral questions based on LEAD principles. Attend an onsite or virtual loop, meet teams, and, if successful, receive an offer after reference checks.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Sep 2024
Interview
I enjoyed the interview process. Had to go through 2 rounds of interviews. first round and second round was a superday. Just had to share about myself and why i wanna work for MSFT. Mostly behavioral and business analysis-technical type of questions. it was fun. I enjoyed it.
Need to be well prepared, quite a lot of technical questions, not a lot of behavioral questions. the people were very nice. Very welcoming & seemed like a friendly team.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you approach analyzing the financial performance of a company using its financial statements