I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Microsoft in Jan 2008
Interview
First, I had a 20 min on-campus screening interview at University.
My experience doesn't seem that typical from talking to a lot of other candidates, or maybe it was only typical when Microsoft is hiring large groups (there were at least 50 candidates) for their $$ divisions. What happened next is after a 2 weeks, there was a callback to interview in Redmond. It was a planned day that started that was split in half from 9AM - 6PM. Half of the group started interviewing first, the other half had talks about how great working at Microsoft is.
The actual interview process was 4 people, 45-min each with 15-min break in between. Fairly easy test questions on how to test (insert physical object/software part here) and also given some code to debug/show your approach to know when the code has been tested "sufficiently."
At the end of the day, there is about an hour wait while interviewers deliberated and called dibs (multiple teams were interviewing) on the people they interviewed. Then all of us that got offers were called into a room to get presented with our managers who congratulated us and had a chat about the team, offer details, etc. My only advice is to relax, be methodical and organized in your testing of objects questions and breakdown all the problems, no matter how simple they seem - trust me.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you test (a physical object in the room or something else)? Totally unexpected when asked to tell them how you would proceed to test a spoon. This is to test your testing aptitude.
Expect technical deep dives, coding challenges, and problem-solving scenarios. Questions will probe your knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and software design, assessing your ability to build robust systems. yes yus yes
I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft in Jan 2024
Interview
Technical 3 round interview questions
Mangerial 1 round interview questions
Hr 1 round questions
But complex questions
All the best all the best best best very good option and good benefits
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Situational questions like reasoning for the approach
Nice and smooth the interviewer were really very helpful and knowledgeable also they try to help while giving interview and also when I have the interview they acknowledged if I was saying right or wrong so overall nice experience
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
2 coding rounds one on implementation and another on dsa
Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) applicants have rated the interview process at Microsoft with 3.3 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 66.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) roles take an average of 23 days to get hired, when considering 487 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 Development Engineer In Test (SDET) according to 487 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 37%
Phone interview: 26%
Skills test: 16%
Background check: 7%
Personality test: 5%
Group panel interview: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Presentation: 1%
Other: 1%
Drug test: 0%
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