SWE 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 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 68.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for SWE Intern roles take an average of 41 days to get hired, when considering 5 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Microsoft overall takes an average of 33 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Microsoft as a SWE Intern according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 29%
Phone interview: 29%
One on one interview: 29%
Background check: 14%
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I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft (Las Marias, PR) in Jan 2021
Interview
Orientation, Interview mix between technical coding interview and behavioral questions. Final round 2 coding interviews back to back on codility. I had to explain my way of thinking. Time & Space complexity Potato
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Can this algorithm be made better or more efficient?
hr called and set up an interview loop day, the day consisted 3 interview each is 90 minutes, first two are leetcode medium, which put emphasis on clean code in a live coding environment. the third was with the department manager and it was a behavioural test
very chill, two rounds technical interview, normal LC easy/med plus behavioral.. post interview did not hear back for two weeks but then heard the good news. everyone was nice and supportive in the process.
There are 3 back to back interviews, each last for 45 minutes. Each interview asked one behavior question and one technical question. Overall, I think the interview process was pretty standard.