UX Designer applicants have rated the interview process at Microsoft with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for UX Designer roles take an average of 45 days to get hired, when considering 14 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 UX Designer according to 14 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 22%
Presentation: 15%
One on one interview: 15%
Drug test: 11%
Background check: 11%
IQ intelligence test: 7%
Skills test: 7%
Group panel interview: 7%
Personality test: 4%
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (Roorkee) in Mar 2019
Interview
It is a 4 round process with 3 round technical and 1 HR round. All the technical rounds consisted of online zoom interviews of about 1.5 hrs. The HR round was basically about my fitting in the team.
The interview process for a UX Designer at Microsoft Hyderabad consisted of an initial recruiter screening followed by multiple rounds focusing on portfolio presentation, design thinking, problem-solving, and behavioral discussions with cross-functional stakeholders.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
User research methodologies for a particular problem statement
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Microsoft (Hyderābād) in May 2024
Interview
it was 3 level interview, which had a portfolio round, white boarding and cultural round, and the whiteboarding was focused on generative AI based on my portfolio which i presented
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
what would be the future of Generative AI based on your understanding and perspective?
I interviewed at Microsoft (Dublin, Dublin) in Jan 2024
Interview
It was an hour long interview for me to present my portfolio. I created an entire slide deck tweaked to microsoft design theme. However I dragged my presentation a bit too much and I needed to cover two case studies and was able to focus only on one. The interviewer was friendly and kept it like a discussion and asked good questions related to the portfolio.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How did you handle uncertainty in your past experience ?