Developer 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 Developer 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 Developer according to 8 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 38%
Skills test: 38%
Presentation: 13%
Personality test: 13%
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It was a introductory conversation about the job and the company. The interviewer presented the variety of areas in which the company is involved. It wasn't a professional interview at all.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Microsoft
Interview
Attended the on-campus info session, then completed first-round behavioral and analytical interviews. After advancing, I was invited to the final loop, where I was assessed on project management, product sense, and leadership.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Role play: your teammate showed you a calculator they developed, what do you do?
. Online Assessment (OA)
If you're applying off-campus or via a referral, you'll typically start with an online test.
Format:
Platform: HackerRank / Codility / CodeSignal
Duration: 60–90 minutes
Content:
2–3 DSA problems (easy to medium-hard)
One logical or pattern-matching question
Sometimes a coding optimization or debugging task
📝 Focus areas: Arrays, Strings, Hashing, Trees, Graphs, Recursion, Dynamic Programming, Sliding Window, Two Pointers.