The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Cairo, Cairo Governorate) in Aug 2022
Interview
The interview process was good, and the interviewers were nice and understanding. I had 4 interviews and the last one was with my team manager. Overall, very good experience and professional.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design chat system assuming we have previous data.
It was good, some algorithms questions about graphs traversal. The interview was good but I was unprepared, otherwise, with minimal preparation you could pass 2 to 3 first interviews, and interviewer was nice and accomodating.
Standard machine learning questions. They wanted to make sure I really understood the topics. All questions were fair and good questions. They asked me to describe a research paper and walk through it.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a recent research paper you found interesting.
Machine Learning 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 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Machine Learning Engineer roles take an average of 58 days to get hired, when considering 6 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 Machine Learning Engineer according to 6 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 23%
One on one interview: 23%
Background check: 15%
Skills test: 15%
Group panel interview: 8%
Drug test: 8%
Presentation: 8%
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