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Microsoft interviews FAQs
Security Software Engineer 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 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Security Software Engineer roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 3 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 Security Software Engineer according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 33%
Skills test: 22%
Personality test: 11%
One on one interview: 11%
Presentation: 11%
IQ intelligence test: 11%
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I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Microsoft in Apr 2020
Interview
in the first review was in English, they asked general questions about me, projects I did and situations I was in.
in the second interview they gave a code sample to find the bug in it and try to improve it.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
-describe recursion to a small child.
-what is the biggest project you ever did? how many lines approximately?
-what programming languages do you prefer?
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Dublin, Dublin) in Sep 2021
Interview
5 interviews total plus a final one, 3 technicals, 2 behaviorals. Fairly complex technicals, behaviorals were really nice, if I could do it over, I would probably study the company values a bit more.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Reversed an algorithm in assembly and had to find some vulnerabilities.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Herzliyya) in Mar 2021
Interview
was great, nice people. the HR were very welcoming and caring, they explained how the interview process its going to be, and were very flexible about the scheduling. first interview was in english the others in hebrew. the first interview was not technical.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
what are the differences between process and a thread ?