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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First I got an OA from them
One I cleared it they took phone screen.
Then I was schedule for virtual onsite
where I was asked 3 LC round 1 low level System Design
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (Nuova Delhi) in Jul 2025
Interview
interview was chill, was asked standard dsa questions. interviewer was nice and helping. got rejection mail though. coding round lasted for about 1.5 hours, did 2 normal dsa questions and 1 hard graph question.
It was difficult but not impossible. As you might expect less hands on and more algorithm heavy. If you prepare you will do OK, and have memorized enough Leetcode. I would recommend prepping for a few weeks.