Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Microsoft with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 64% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 29 days to get hired, when considering 1,705 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 Software Engineer according to 1,705 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 27%
Phone interview: 23%
Skills test: 15%
Presentation: 11%
Background check: 6%
Personality test: 5%
Group panel interview: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
Drug test: 3%
Other: 2%
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I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA)
Interview
Submit the resume 4 months ago and had the HR call.
Then receive the interview invitation.
It was four round tech interview.
The phone interview waved, got final round directly.
Offer received after one day, the team recruit people eagerly. Give 2 weeks to consider to accept or reject the offer.
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3 round of Coding + System design
1 round of pure system design (distributed)
Parking lot system design, e
The process consisted 3 technical rounds after clearing the OA , consisted of medium to hard story based question. Not all round interviewer asked to run the code the last 1 just asked the approach
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Theay asked a graph (bfs) + bianry search question
Was a typical first round recruiter screen - pretty straightforward but didn't end up getting moved vforwards. Prompt, Professional and overall a good experience. They asked me about my background, explained the role and it was with the recruitment team.
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Question 1
Describe your background going into detial in each role