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 66.4% 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. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Feb 2021
Interview
1st round: 30 mins with developer on Codility doing a medium question
Final round: 4 x 45 minutes back to back on Codility (with 15 min break in between). Each interviewer will give usually one Easy or Medium, which you're expected to complete in approximately 30 minutes with a close-to-optimal solution. They will also give you 2 - 3 behavioural questions (less about specific projects on your resume, and more "Tell me about a time when you... xyz".
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given a linked list and an int k, how would you swap the value of the kth element from the head with the kth element from the tail?
Given an n-nary tree, how would you perform zigzag level-order traversal?
The process consisted 3 technical rounds after clearing the OA , consisted of medium to hard story based question. Not all round interviewer asked to run the code the last 1 just asked the approach
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Theay asked a graph (bfs) + bianry search question
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