I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Johannesburg) in Nov 2021
Interview
I went through two rounds of interviews,
First one being a get to know you for cultural fit and the second one testing skillset for the job and if you can manage the scenarios they give to you
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A time when you had to overcome a difficult situation
Had a coding round which was Leetcode based questions and many people failed in the first round. It was on-campus drive and only one person made to final round. He went through technical interview, HR interview and landed the job.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Leetcode questions, coding question in prefered coding language
Stage 1: Take-Home Assessment – A 1-hour coding assignment consisting of two technical questions (one Easy and one Medium).
Stage 2: Virtual Interview Day – A Zoom-based interview day comprising three consecutive interviews.
Star method completely end to end with 3 interviews in the same day. It was online and then we were split into rooms. You mess up one and you mess up all
Internship applicants have rated the interview process at Microsoft with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 65% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Internship roles take an average of 37 days to get hired, when considering 142 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 Internship according to 142 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 21%
One on one interview: 18%
Presentation: 13%
Skills test: 10%
Background check: 9%
Group panel interview: 8%
Personality test: 7%
IQ intelligence test: 6%
Drug test: 5%
Other: 3%
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