I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft in Jan 2020
Interview
I had a feeling like I was screened by a person who doesn't fully understand the technology. Also, it was very impersonate and cynical. Like all I care what check-boxes I have to put in my form.
I submitted my resume and one week later I got an interview. It's a virtual interview with 3 managers because of Covid 19. They asked five to eight questions. Thing is going normally.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 days. I interviewed at Microsoft (Seattle, WA) in Aug 2018
Interview
All technical questions ranging from describing the internet to an outsider to writing SQL queries and C#. I talked to a recruiter and they helped me with a good majority of it. I would recommend not over thinking it and doing practice problems.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Explain what the internet is to someone who is from the past.
Applications Developer 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 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Applications Developer roles take an average of 4 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.
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