Applied Data Scientist 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 63% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Applied Data Scientist roles take an average of 22 days to get hired, when considering 8 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 Applied Data Scientist according to 8 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 40%
One on one interview: 20%
Group panel interview: 20%
Presentation: 20%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
Introduce resume, credit card fraud model building (what kind of model to use, what features to consider), overfitting definition, challenges you have met, regularization definition and how to reduce overfitting
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft in May 2025
Interview
They took two rounds and then closed the job application citing as diversity hire required. 2nd round was already taken . I was awaiting 3rd round and the recruiter was highly non responsive.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Questions on Dynamic Programming.
2. Machine Learning
3. MLOPS
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Cairo, Cairo Governorate) in Nov 2024
Interview
this was the first interview after the online exam the interviewer was very friendly , typical machine learning questions and then a problem solving question about divide and conquer, I passed the machine learning question but not problem solving
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
what is the difference between overfitting and underfitting
Interview was basically two steps. 1) technical interview with hiring manager 2) virtual onsite interviews. There was no recruiter screening step. All interviewers/recruiter were extremely nice and helpful at every stage.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1) technical interview with hiring manager : it consisted of python/SQL/background/behavior/position specific questions that can be answered in a short 3-4 sentences. No coding questions.
2) virtual on-site interviews with 4 interviewers. : one SQL+case study interview, one A/B testing question, one statistics related interview, one behavioral interview