Software Developer applicants have rated the interview process at Microsoft with 3.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 63% positive. To compare, the company-average is 67.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Developer roles take an average of 60 days to get hired, when considering 8 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Microsoft overall takes an average of 30 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Microsoft as a Software Developer according to 8 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 38%
Phone interview: 38%
Presentation: 13%
Personality test: 13%
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3 Separate interviews each containing a simple discussion and from one to two problem-solving questions (Most were easy and medium but one was hard). Of course, the main difficulty was that the description was not given straight forward and a test case had to be induced.
The stages mainly comprise job interviews held either one-on-one, with a group of candidates, or with a panel. Interviews are conducted in person, over the phone or by email, or via video conferencing tools.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Microsoft (Tel Aviv) in Nov 2020
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The proceed included 4 different technical interviews followed by a conversation with the hr. The interviewes included talking about architecture, solving problems, explaining http protocol. All the interviews were online.