Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Microsoft with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 64% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 29 days to get hired, when considering 1,705 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 Software Engineer according to 1,705 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 27%
Phone interview: 23%
Skills test: 15%
Presentation: 11%
Background check: 6%
Personality test: 5%
Group panel interview: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
Drug test: 3%
Other: 2%
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I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Microsoft (Hyderābād)
Interview
It was a drive - approximately 40 people were called in on a Saturday. Mine was a 12PM slot. Had 4 rounds of interview.
After 1st round, some of them were asked to leave. The same happened even after 2nd round. There were outstation candidates too. Their interviews were scheduled little earlier as they had flights to catch.
It was 9:30PM by the time I finished my 3rd round. So I was called in on Monday for my Hiring Manager round. After my round, I went to meet the HR and I was made the offer.
The letter was rolled out within the next 10days. Overall 6 of us were selected and the hiring process was very friendly.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
A 2d canvas - 1024x1024 was given. This canvas has a lot of shapes. Every shape has a function that returns yes/no if a given a point(x,y) lies/doesn't lie within it.
I was asked to come up with the most optimal solution to return list of all the shapes that contain a given point p.
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.
45 mins technical interview with a member of their San fran team. Very relaxed and informal but questions were focused and lots of follow ups. Easy to schedule as was over video conferencing platform
Straightforward technical loop overall, with strong interviewers at every stage. I genuinely enjoyed the in-depth conversations around technical challenges and algorithmic problem-solving — the entire process felt well-structured and genuinely engaging.