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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I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (San Diego, CA) in Apr 2021
Interview
Had an initial phone screen with a relatively easy coding question, then 4 rounds of interviews. Of the 4 interviews, 3 were technical and 1 was mainly behavioral questions. Of the 3 technical interviews I would rate the difficulty as 1 leetcode easy, 1 medium, 1 hard.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1 - Given a list of strings, return all strings that are palindromes.
2- Given a list of integers, return all prime numbers.
3- Given source code file, how would you write a program to remove all comments form the file?
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
Expect a lengthy hiring process that can take at least two months from start to finish. In my experience, there was approximately one month of interviews followed by another month waiting for the final decision. Be prepared for a slow timeline, especially after completing all interview stages.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time where have above and beyond for a customer
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.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The assessment consisted of two LeetCode-medium-level coding questions to be completed within 75 minutes.