SDE1 applicants have rated the interview process at Microsoft with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 73% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for SDE1 roles take an average of 23 days to get hired, when considering 15 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 SDE1 according to 15 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 32%
Presentation: 24%
Phone interview: 20%
Other: 8%
Drug test: 8%
Group panel interview: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Microsoft (New Delhi) in Aug 2017
Interview
Test conducted on cocubes(on campus).
3 coding questions, time limit was 75 minutes, questions generally focused on basic understanding of data structures such as Array, Link lists, Trees. Selected students have to appear for group fly round and PI in New Delhi.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Inorder successor in BST, Merge two sorted link lists in reverse order, simple array question.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Microsoft (Hyderābād) in Jun 2023
Interview
It was good in general. there were 3 rounds. 2 dsa rounds and 1 was behavioral. There were few OS, CN, DBMS ques also. Overall the process was smooth .
R 1 : Coding round was there
R 2 : Pen paper round was there with basic tree question
R 3 to R 5 : Interview round and HR round with questions of medium difficulty level
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (Mumbai) in Jun 2021
Interview
It was through engage mentorship program. We had to create a working prototype of a video call application. It was through engage mentorship program. We had to create a working prototype of a video call application.