Data Science 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 74% positive. To compare, the company-average is 71.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Data Science roles take an average of 15 days to get hired, when considering 19 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 Data Science according to 19 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 21%
Skills test: 18%
Phone interview: 16%
Presentation: 13%
Background check: 8%
Drug test: 8%
Group panel interview: 5%
Other: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Personality test: 3%
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Phone interview about personality and experience. Then technical phone interview that lasted 4 hours with 3 people. It included probability and easy to medium data structures question and walk me through your projects on resume
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
this were the questions
work life balance in remote,
expected number of people to get in the bus if there are 20 stops and 10 seats and 50% chance that a person gets on the bus, then without out any people missing(combination 20,10),
linked-list palindrome, mean, std of sum of gaussian random variables given mu and std of individual random variables when independent and dependent as well as draw,
expected number if we draw a random variable from 1 -10,
if we draw tow number the expected sum in it is with replacement,
project done independently
A entrevista consistiu em um teste técnico online com algumas perguntas tecnicas do hackerrank que deveriam ser respondidas em um periodo de tempo predefinido (acho que dentro de 1 horas).
Feeling thrilled to have accepted the offer, I look back on this interview process as both challenging and rewarding. It began with a technical round where I tackled a complex A/B testing design question, followed by a SQL query on user retention. The final stages included a system design discussion that had me sweating, but honestly, the system design section on PracHub prepared me well. Each step pushed my limits, but the culmination was definitely worth it, landing me a role at Microsoft.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Design an A/B test to measure the impact of a new ranking change in Bing, and explain how you would handle network interference between treatment and control users.
Write a SQL query that computes 7-day rolling user retention from a daily events table, then flags cohorts whose week-over-week retention dropped more than 10%.
Phone screen with HR/recruiter. Less than 10 mins. Very basic mostly about role fit and my background and resume. Did not hear back from them at all. Very unenthusiastic during the call