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%
Personality test: 13%
Presentation: 13%
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The interview went exceptionally well, with clear communication and mutual enthusiasm. I felt confident discussing my skills, and the interviewer seemed genuinely interested. The conversation flowed naturally, reinforcing my excitement about the opportunity.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Microsoft
Interview
The interview was a job fair at my university. I scheduled it ahead of time. It was one-on-one with one of the Microsoft engineers that came to the job fair. This was aimed at recent graduates, so probably the difficulty of the questions reflects that.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
How can you find the middle element of a singly-linked list in linear time?
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Il Cairo, ) in Nov 2024
Interview
I had 3 rounds of interviews, one of them with the hiring manager. All rounds included technical and behavioural questions. All the technical questions were about data structures and algorithms