I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Microsoft (Montreal, QC) in Oct 2015
Interview
I send my CV in careers day of campus. They invited me for interview after several days. They were very nice. The interview was well organized. They didn't ask me my previous job experience. They posed behaviour questions and technical questions directly.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Print 1 from 100, if the number can be divided by 3 print Bizz, if can be divided 5 print Fizz, if can be divided both 3 and 5 print BizzFizz;
2. Design un structure to manager different priority commands.
3. And some behaviour questions.
The interview was conducted with utmost professionalism. It was well-structured, with clear and relevant questions that reflected thorough preparation. The interviewer created a respectful and engaging environment, making the process efficient, insightful, and highly constructive.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain the concept of polymorphism in object-oriented programming.
It went ok. The interview went on and then they asked me questions and we did stuff. It was moderately difficult. If only they knew how to do better. That's it
Not very in depth. 1 question pass or fail. Not many details provided and no questions were allowed to be asked. Interviewer was hard to udnerstand and didnt talk at all after providing question.
Programmer applicants have rated the interview process at Microsoft with 3.1 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 Programmer roles take an average of 15 days to get hired, when considering 9 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Microsoft overall takes an average of 30 days.
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Phone interview: 22%
Group panel interview: 11%
Skills test: 11%
IQ intelligence test: 11%
Presentation: 6%
Personality test: 6%
Drug test: 6%
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