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%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Microsoft (Pilani) in Aug 2016
Interview
The first step is a coding round where you get 3 questions which you have to solve. After that there is a shortlist based on the performance during the coding round, and the CGPA, which also plays an important role. The shortlisted candidates go through a series of technical interviews, where the questions were asked relating to Data Structures, Databases and Object Oriented Programming. Since the process is for an internship, there was no HR round.
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Microsoft (Hyderabad) in Jan 2017
Interview
Interview at Microsoft Hyderabad office and it was an 1-1 interview. 3 rounds at max. These rounds are eliminative in nature. The interviewer primarily looked at the way you think, so thinking out loud will surely help.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Programming questions and machine learning questions
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Microsoft (Chennai) in Feb 2017
Interview
An online coding round was present with 3 questions.
It was kind of easy.
Knowledge of basic data structures and algorithms was enough to crack it.
It had a question on arrays.
On binary numbers.
and one more,