Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Microsoft with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 75% positive. To compare, the company-average is 71.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 18 days to get hired, when considering 359 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Microsoft overall takes an average of 18 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Microsoft as a Software Engineer according to 359 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 20%
Presentation: 14%
Skills test: 14%
Phone interview: 11%
Background check: 8%
Group panel interview: 8%
Personality test: 8%
IQ intelligence test: 7%
Other: 5%
Drug test: 4%
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Dublin, Dublin) in Jun 2021
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Passed the first coding interview, invested 4 hours of my day to complete the final stage that were 4 interviews in total ( system design, coding, "software design" and competencies). Didn't enjoy the process, some of the interviewers did not put much effort to make the conversations comfortable and fluid.
Finally, I was ghosted, did not get any feedback and only found out I was not selected after looking at the candidate home page 1 week later. I did not get further feedback from recruiter, not even an automated email with the final status.
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When you worked on a failed project
When you took ownership of feature
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.
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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.
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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