Software Engineer I 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 Engineer I 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 Engineer I according to 8 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 38%
Phone interview: 38%
Personality test: 13%
Presentation: 13%
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Behavior and problem solving , the interview started by the behavioral one then problem solving like you have an array and this array you want to get all products of all numbers except the current number
I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Sep 2025
Interview
The interview was easy. Most of the questions they asked were leetcode easy. Unfortunately I haven't been selected even after answering everything perfectly. I think they rejected me because of the ongoing Visa issues.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Returning true if number exists in Binary Search Tree
After submitting the CV - if not filtered out you get a home assignment, if passed - Interview day (3 independent interviews) and if passed all those interviews - you get an offer in the evening.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Processing requests from a server, to generate, renew or count tokens.