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%
Presentation: 13%
Personality test: 13%
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First online coding then shortlisting based on that then a written round and shortlisting based on that and then 3-4 technical interviews which were elimination rounds and then later results were announced.
Weird to schedule, took forever to hear back after the interview. I only had one phone screen, so can't speak to next steps in the interviewing process. The call itself was very rushed.
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I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Nov 2018
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Chill on-campus interview. Then there was an onsite with 4 interviews. Mostly technical. Leet code easy-medium. I made my process much longer than it had to be. They treat you really well during the on-site so take advantage if given the opportunity.