Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Microsoft with 3.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 63% positive. To compare, the company-average is 67.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 60 days to get hired, when considering 8 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 Software Engineer according to 8 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 38%
Skills test: 38%
Personality test: 13%
Presentation: 13%
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3 steps, in person, algorithms, general tech background. it looked like they wanted some proofs of "passion for programming". some extra curricular activities, side projects, hackathons, things like that. applying for software engineer position.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Tel Aviv) in Sep 2021
Interview
online application
HR phone call for about 15 minutes mostly questions about background and personal things and technologies experience
Technical interview 45 minutes, technical questions in a online coder pad. 2 questions
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (California, MD) in Jan 2021
Interview
So-so. Easy and difficult. A variety of questions from different people that work in different departments. They were very nice, so that is a plus. They had varying levels of titles and hierachy.