SWE applicants have rated the interview process at Microsoft with 4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 70% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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A series of technical and behavioral interviews across several weeks with different team members. the behavioral interviews were quite standard while the technical interviews were quite difficult. Overall the process was similar to expected
First round was 45 min, 1 technical
Second round 2 45 min interviews with 1 technical each. Interviewers were very friendly and asked interesting questions.
Behavioral included why Microsoft and project failures
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Remo, VA) in Sep 2021
Interview
30 minute technical interview. Interviewer asked me one behavioral question and then gave me a leetcode medium. Super short, felt pretty rushed. I guess it's too be expected from a company that gets so many applicants.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you handle a situation in which you don't know how to solve a problem?