Sdet 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 66.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Sdet roles take an average of 3 days to get hired, when considering 2 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 Sdet according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 33%
Group panel interview: 17%
Skills test: 17%
Personality test: 17%
Other: 17%
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I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Oct 2018
Interview
It was a Recruiting Event
They called me for a recruiting event
To qualify I must pass an online test.
The test was normal.
They told me to hold on for the next step
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The recruiter didn't respond until last day.
I emailed the recruiter's dept.
They said, sorry the hiring event was fully booked, try again in the next semester of recruiting / hiring events.
I applied through college or university. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA)
Interview
3 teams of 2, asking tech questions. Some thinking questions and puzzles, some pseudo code. They want to see the process of you how think and go about problem solving.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
General Testing question - how would you test X... etc