Sofware Engineer I applicants have rated the interview process at Microsoft with 4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Sofware Engineer I roles take an average of 60 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 Sofware Engineer I according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 67%
Skills test: 33%
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I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Microsoft (Cairo, Cairo Governorate)
Interview
Loop of 3-4 interviews:
all technical, focus on problem solving, data structures and algorithms.
+ another AA (as appropriate) managerial interview; covers topics that previous interviewers have concern on and it's also technical but more high level with no coding, minimal behavioral questions.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Microsoft in Jun 2024
Interview
Interview process (last step) takes 4 interviews. For me there were 2 interviews on algorithms. One was system design and one was OOP.
Algorithm questions are not that hard. Both of them were leetcode medium type of questions. Linked list and Dynamic programming