Software Developer applicants have rated the interview process at Microsoft with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 49% positive. To compare, the company-average is 58.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Developer roles take an average of 39 days to get hired, when considering 47 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Microsoft overall takes an average of 37 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Microsoft as a Software Developer according to 47 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 24%
One on one interview: 22%
Skills test: 21%
Background check: 9%
Presentation: 7%
Personality test: 4%
Group panel interview: 4%
Drug test: 3%
Other: 3%
IQ intelligence test: 1%
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I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Tokyo) in Aug 2019
Interview
One on-site tech/coding session (1 hour) following 3 rounds (i hour for each) tech/coding sessions.
The interview of the first round turned out to be the direct manager if you accepted the offer. The next 3 sessions were led by senior engineers.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Asked some general search engine/machine learning-related questions like how to deal with the situation if there is a typo in the search query.
Coding questions include 3 Leetcode questions (2 string and array, 1 BFS), and some input parsing questions.
Was a typical first round recruiter screen - pretty straightforward but didn't end up getting moved vforwards. Prompt, Professional and overall a good experience. They asked me about my background, explained the role and it was with the recruitment team.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe your background going into detial in each role
Expect a lengthy hiring process that can take at least two months from start to finish. In my experience, there was approximately one month of interviews followed by another month waiting for the final decision. Be prepared for a slow timeline, especially after completing all interview stages.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time where have above and beyond for a customer
I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft (Melbourne)
Interview
After submitting an online application, I received a HackerRank assessment after passing the resume screening stage, then I was rejected after completing the assessment and did not proceed to further interview rounds.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The assessment consisted of two LeetCode-medium-level coding questions to be completed within 75 minutes.