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%
Drug test: 8%
Other: 8%
Group panel interview: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
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Had online assessment and phone call with recurinter. At onsite, It tests your thinking ability, logics, system design, customer obsession as a whole. Also have conversation with hiring manager who asks expeirience and behavioral questions
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Two Coding Rounds. One Hiring Manager talk. One Applicative questions based on a certain situation (e.g. interviewer gives an example of a database template, and asks how you are going to make use of it to help customers)
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.