Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 21 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Microsoft overall takes an average of 16 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Microsoft as a Software Engineer according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:
Personality test: 20%
Phone interview: 20%
Skills test: 20%
Background check: 20%
One on one interview: 20%
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I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (Oslo) in Jan 2019
Interview
Review consisted of 2 steps: HR interview and on-site with 4 interviews. HR one was basic with a single logic exercise. As for the 4 on-site ones, they were more challenging and included algorithm, design, cloud and an interview with a manager. I would say they were quite hard in a sense that I was exhausted by the time I got to the 4th one.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you design Twitter? Please explain your reasoning.
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.
45 mins technical interview with a member of their San fran team. Very relaxed and informal but questions were focused and lots of follow ups. Easy to schedule as was over video conferencing platform