Senior Developer 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 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 61.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Developer roles take an average of 56 days to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Microsoft overall takes an average of 31 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Microsoft as a Senior Developer according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 50%
One on one interview: 50%
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I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft in Jan 2022
Interview
You will have 4 rounds of interviews; each will be 45 minutes in length with short 15 minutes breaks in between.
Each interview will be comprised of technical and behavioral questions
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time when a project, product, or service implementation did not go according to plan.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Microsoft (Ottawa, ON) in Feb 2022
Interview
A one hour interview with an engineer. He had an ill defined problem about a binary tree, and got frustrated when asked for more details about the problem.
The solution was a simple recursive function, but he wanted you to walk through what it was doing and why. No feedback, just a generic reject email.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a solution to a problem that you proposed in the past that failed, and what was the feedback you got from others?
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Jan 2022
Interview
Everything went well and in a friendly manner. Good team of passionate professionals. Online interview, four stages, divided into two days. All in all, nothing out of the ordinary. Your technical experience, experience in a team, behavioral issues, problem-solving.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Give me an example of a time you made a decision that was unpopular and explain how you handled implementing it.