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 a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Microsoft (Chennai) in Sep 2015
Interview
1 online round - 2 problems have to be solved under 1 hour in an online judge (I solved one)
3 technical F2F interviews - Most of the questions were Algo and DS related. So I solved them easily. Only one or two questions actually tested me.
1 Managerial round - Why I'm leaving previous company, Why I want to join this team kind of questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The hardest problem I faced in the interview was
Find the rectangles that encloses the mouse cursor(or a point) in a screen (given the coordinates and size of the rectangles)
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.