Software Developer applicants have rated the interview process at Microsoft with 2.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 82% positive. To compare, the company-average is 70% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Developer roles take an average of 17 days to get hired, when considering 17 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Microsoft overall takes an average of 44 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Microsoft as a Software Developer according to 17 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 34%
One on one interview: 28%
Skills test: 14%
Presentation: 10%
Background check: 7%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Group panel interview: 3%
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I applied in-person. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft
Interview
Engineering manager reached out asking me to interview for their team.
Had a technical screen which was pretty simple.
Was then called for onsite which was 5 rounds which consisted of 3 behavioural and 2 technical rounds. The technical rounds were not difficult but the behavioural ones were very long and taxing.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Technical Screen :
1. Reverse a string
Onsite :
1. Tell me about yourself
2. Tell me when you creatively solved a problem
3. when you used data to solve a problem
4. a lot of behavioural questions
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
Straightforward technical loop overall, with strong interviewers at every stage. I genuinely enjoyed the in-depth conversations around technical challenges and algorithmic problem-solving — the entire process felt well-structured and genuinely engaging.