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
Spoke with a Microsoft Engineer at a job fare, then received an email a few days later about the interview. I had about a week to prepare for the interview. The interview was a 1 on 1 interview with a basic coding question. I was a bit nervous since this was my first technical interview but the interviewer was a fun guy to talk with and very professional. I got accepted into round 2 but had to decline thanks to school constraints.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Reverse a string by word order with increasing constraints
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Microsoft (Ciudad de Mexico) in Sep 2016
Interview
forty five to fifty minute interview with trhee parts:
1- Questions about myself and my experience (eg. What was your most challenging project -- and why?)
2- Programming question regarding data structures
3- Brief part where I could ask about the company
The interviewer was a foreign working member of an active project at the company. The algorithm used for answering the question was written on a piece of paper provided by the interviewer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What was your most challenging project -- and why?
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (West Lafayette, IN) in Oct 2015
Interview
Was invited for an on-campus interview. The interviewer was very nice and helpful. We took around 20 minutes to discuss my interests and past projects and then he came to the coding question. I solved it but couldn't optimize on time. He then asked if I had any questions for him