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 2 months. I interviewed at Microsoft in Mar 2022
Interview
I received an email that I have been selected to proceed with interview and someone will contact me. After a couple of weeks I sent a reminder and someone called me to fix the date. I proposed a couple of dates and they said they will verify with the interviewers. The dates I proposed were close but I had no news so I sent a reminder. Then they called again for me to propose new dates. This time they verified within a couple of days. During interviews, the questions were almost all on a technology I had already informed then that I am a starter, so I could not answer most of them.. I had 3 separate interviews and in all 3 they asked the exact same questions rephrased, on the technology I didn' t know. The interviews were in the same day so no time to study in between. One of the interviewers asked a general cs relatted question which I answered correctly immediately, but he kept challenging me for a different answer because as he said he expected a wrong answer and then guide me to the correct one (??) Then it took them a few weeks to reply back that I dont match with the position.
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.NET related mostly. And a couple of general questions related to CS problems.
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
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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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Describe your background going into detial in each role
Expect a lengthy hiring process that can take at least two months from start to finish. In my experience, there was approximately one month of interviews followed by another month waiting for the final decision. Be prepared for a slow timeline, especially after completing all interview stages.
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Tell me about a time where have above and beyond for a customer