Software Engineer 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 Engineer 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 Engineer 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 online. I interviewed at Microsoft (Tel Aviv-Yafo) in Oct 2020
Interview
First there were 3 codility questions, as a home assignment, and then two online interviews with two interviewers that requires you to write code online in codility. the process itself was very professional.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
home assignment:
1. find whats wrong with the code (if statment with =)
2. return largest letter from a string, which occurs twice, once as a small letter and one as a big letter. ('AaBabc' should return B)
3. a matrix of strings that represent a checkers board, return the maximum steps white can do
online interviews:
1. Maximum number of overlapping Intervals (need to do it in o(nlogn) time )
2. Check for Balanced Brackets in an expression (using Stack)
3. figure out a way to flatten a binary tree to a file, then read it in a different app, and write the method to reconstruct the tree.
4. how would you have implemented a calculator (need to use some kind of composite pattern, with a stack to hold some math logic and IOperator)
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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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.
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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.