Software Engineer 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 68% positive. To compare, the company-average is 68.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 33 days to get hired, when considering 123 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 Software Engineer according to 123 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 25%
Phone interview: 21%
Skills test: 18%
Presentation: 9%
Background check: 7%
Personality test: 6%
Group panel interview: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Other: 3%
Drug test: 2%
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- Recruiter reached me through LinkedIn
- Initial phone screening
- Codility 1 hour test
- Final Virtual Onsite
First Interviewer was not good at English. I didn't get his questions. I need to ask him to repeat again and again. I was not able to solve in the given time.
Second Interviewer: Didn't joined.
Third and Fourth interviews were totally different. No coding questions, just some object oriented design questions. The interviewers had kept the fix solution in mind, and want me to implement that only.
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.
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Question 1
The assessment consisted of two LeetCode-medium-level coding questions to be completed within 75 minutes.
45 mins technical interview with a member of their San fran team. Very relaxed and informal but questions were focused and lots of follow ups. Easy to schedule as was over video conferencing platform
Straightforward technical loop overall, with strong interviewers at every stage. I genuinely enjoyed the in-depth conversations around technical challenges and algorithmic problem-solving — the entire process felt well-structured and genuinely engaging.