Software Developer 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 66.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Developer 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 Developer 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 through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Sep 2018
Interview
I honestly can not complain about the recruiting process. Everyone is so nice, specially the University recruiter. Everyone in the recruiting team was so nice, always with a smile. The process ran smoothly, even after they forgot to book the flight and notify me. They were still available to fly me in few hours before my interview. The day of the interview, they took us for lunch. After lunch, we had 4 interviews back to back.
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Honestly, most of the questions given in the interviews can be easily found in hackerrank.
One question was, Given an array that contains a million of "Points", write a function that returns the first 100 points that are closer to the center. Each "Point" has X and Y coordinates.
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
I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft (Melbourne)
Interview
After submitting an online application, I received a HackerRank assessment after passing the resume screening stage, then I was rejected after completing the assessment and did not proceed to further interview rounds.
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The assessment consisted of two LeetCode-medium-level coding questions to be completed within 75 minutes.