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 online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Microsoft (Pechino, Pechino)
Interview
As a joint PhD program of Tsinghua University and Microsoft Research Asia, the interview is not only for the intern position but for the PhD program. The interview process contains totally 4 rounds of 1:1 inverviews. Firstly introduce myself and what I've learned in college, and then discuss my past projects and achievements, career interests. Most of the discussion are not very challenging.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How to improve a school project, that I had never thought to improve.
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Microsoft in Oct 2011
Interview
I was invited to the first interview on campus. It was about 45 minutes long and included a coding on a piece of paper, testing question and a design question.