Intern applicants have rated the interview process at Microsoft with 2.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 33% positive. To compare, the company-average is 67.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Common stages of the interview process at Microsoft as a Intern according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 100%
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I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Microsoft
Interview
got an interview by giving my resume to a rep at a career-fair. Was contacted about a week later with an interview time. Interview was about 45 minutes long and was asked a variety of both technical questions and critical think questions. Found out about three weeks later that I was not selected for the second rounds of interviews. However i know that for those they fly you out to WA to interview at their headquarters.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design an alarm clock for a visually impaired person.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Oct 2013
Interview
My friend recommended me to Microsoft. I think I basically skipped the first round interviews, I had a brief conversation with the recruiter over the phone about my interests but that was it before on site interviews in Seattle. The Seattle interviews were really fun. I was part of an "event" which means that there were a lot of us interviewing for the same teams. There were 4, 45 minute onsite interviews where we talked about what I had done previous summers and where I answered the usual coding interview questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Most questions were pretty standard coding interview questions.
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Microsoft
Interview
Met job recruiter at Career Fair. Set up a phone interview for the next week. Got a call from a male in WA. Very nice guy and we bonded over a couple common hobbies while casually going over the points on my resume. Only one question asked outside of normal questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Your company has made a table. Why does it wobble?