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 submitted a resume while at the Canadian Undergraduate Technology Conference. A recruiter emailed me shortly after, followed by a brief, fairly straightforward phone interview. This was followed by an invitation to fly out to Redmond for a day of in-person interviews. (Note to other applicants: that particular email was misclassified as spam by my email provider! The words “Microsoft,” “job,” and all of the all-caps text related to flight details was enough to set off the spam filter.) The day of interviews was long, but surprisingly fun. I was interviewed by members from a few different teams, so the day didn’t drag – there was always something new to talk about.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Given two nodes in a directed graph represented by singly linked nodes, provide an algorithm for finding the nearest common ancestor. In fact, provide as many different algorithms as you can, giving different trade-offs between time and space requirements (in big-O notation).
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.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
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.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
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.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The assessment consisted of two LeetCode-medium-level coding questions to be completed within 75 minutes.