Is it hard to get hired as a Software Development at Microsoft?

Software Development 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 58% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.

How long does it take to get hired as a Software Development at Microsoft?

Candidates applying for Software Development roles take an average of 20 days to get hired, when considering 40 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Microsoft overall takes an average of 30 days.

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based on 47 ratings - Updated Mar 30, 2021

Average interview difficulty

Mostly positive interview experience

How others got an interview

63%
Campus Recruiting
Campus Recruiting
12%
Recruiter
Recruiter
12%
Applied online
Applied online
7%
Employee Referral
Employee Referral
5%
In Person
In Person

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47 interviews

Software Development Interview

Mar 14, 2018

Anonymous Interview Candidate

No offer

Positive experience

Difficult interview

Application

The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Microsoft

Interview

Day long interview with 3 interviews from engineers. Some may be technical. It was fun. Seattle is a cool City to explore. The engineers we're very friendly and food was prepared for the interviewers.

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

Why do I want to work for Microsoft

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Software Development Interview

Dec 10, 2017

Anonymous employee

Accepted offer

Neutral experience

Average interview

Application

I applied in-person. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Bellevue, WA) in Nov 2017

Interview

Was expedited to final round because of special circumstances. Standard MSFT on-campus interview. 3-5 interviews, all technical. They flew me out and put me up Bellevue. Had the freedom to select date and duration of stay. Was given a budget for travel, food, and sightseeing. They made it easy.

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

Standard data structures, logic, sometimes open-ended questions.

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Software Development Interview

Oct 26, 2017

Anonymous Interview Candidate

No offer

Neutral experience

Difficult interview

Application

I applied through college or university. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (Vancouver, BC) in Sep 2016

Interview

It was an on campus interview with mix of behavioral and coding questions. They asked questions about past project work and my work experience as well as some data structures questions. Interviewer was stern and serious. I was asked to code on a white board.

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

Convert a string to int

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