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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If you have a good resume, they'll put you through the first phone interview screening with a recruiter. They'll ask some behavioral questions during the phone screening (how did you get into computer science, have you ever coded anything for fun outside of work or school), ask you what divisions you're interested in, etc. If you get through that, and they find an interest or match in you, you'll go onto the next rounds of interviews which may be on Skype or in person. Changes a lot.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Have you ever coded anything outside of work and school?
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Microsoft
Interview
I had a 30 minute on-campus interview. They asked a few behavioral questions. Then they asked me a coding question that was basically binary search. They had me write code on paper and then asked me about test cases.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How to find a missing number from a group of numbers from 1 to N (but only N-1 numbers). How would you test your code?