I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft in Feb 2021
Interview
Interview about myself + my work + an open question introducing their task and asking for solutions.
Then a 3-steps coding task on-cite, I used Python. I had an empty room to site there alone, and it took ~2 hours. In the end an employee came and I described him my process.
The interview is about research, takes about 1 h, after that I didnt hear anything back even with followup emails. The recruitment portal is useless, and it never got updated. There is even no HR just with one of the team member from that group.
I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA)
Interview
After I sent the initial email to the recruiter expressing my interest in the position, I received a detailed reply three days later. We have now successfully scheduled an introductory meeting via Microsoft Teams to discuss the opportunity further.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Most of the questions are based on personal resume
The Microsoft Research interview focuses on deep discussion of past research, probing technical understanding, experimental design, and reasoning. Expect open-ended problem solving, possible light coding, and evaluation of research maturity and motivation.
Research Intern applicants have rated the interview process at Microsoft with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 82% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Research Intern roles take an average of 28 days to get hired, when considering 45 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 Research Intern according to 45 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 23%
Phone interview: 17%
Background check: 15%
Presentation: 15%
Skills test: 15%
Group panel interview: 4%
Personality test: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Other: 2%
Drug test: 2%
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