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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Problem solving and system design on three interviews each one like 45 mins and also some behavioural questions three interviews were on one day with 30 mins breaks between them
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft in Aug 2023
Interview
Standard behavioral questions first round for half hour, then describing the role and team and open to questions and next steps in interview process. Didn't progress to technical rounds due to looking for someone with different skill set
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a time you experienced a blocker and how did you resolve it
1 round with hr guy, followed by 3 coding interviews (consisting in algos data structures and design), followed by 1 interview with hiring manage. i took last 4 in a single day
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
2 tree problems, 1 design question, 2 problems focused more on algos