Microsoft Explore applicants have rated the interview process at Microsoft with 2.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 92% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Microsoft Explore roles take an average of 63 days to get hired, when considering 38 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 Microsoft Explore according to 38 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 47%
One on one interview: 37%
Skills test: 7%
Presentation: 3%
Personality test: 3%
Group panel interview: 2%
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I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Microsoft in Dec 2014
Interview
Phone interview:
Be sure to know your projects - what was hard about it, what were the bugs, how did you refactor it.
There will be behavior questions, technical questions, and a creative question. Practice the behavior questions, because those are asked first and you want to gain confidence through them. The technical questions are easy because you already know how to program and now you're just explaining what you must do. The creative question is fun and allows you to explore different ideas on how to test things. Good luck!
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft in Nov 2023
Interview
Applied online as a 2nd year CS student in 2023 Fall. Scheduled virtual technical interview. It was a big Microsoft Teams call that had many other students in the same call. We would enter breakout rooms at a specific time to conduct our interviews.
First round: Phone call; only behavioral. October Second round: 3-5 panel of engineers (technical) Hear back by November - December. Got an email a couple of weeks after submitted application.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Favorite technology? How would you improve it? Least favorite technology? ^. Explain a computer to a 7 year old.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Los Angeles, CA) in Nov 2021
Interview
The interview process was overwhelming for me because it was like my first main behavioral interview i was experiencing, let me just say i was over thinking it.
It ended up being really chill and communicative.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. What is your expected date of graduation?
2. Have you decided on a major?
3. Why Computer Science/ Technology?
4. Tell me about a time you worked in a team?
5. What is your least and favorite TECHNOLOGY?
6. How can you explain technology to a toddler?
Then for the last question she specifically said it was an open ended question.
7. How would create a phone book.