Microsoft Senior Software Developer interview questions
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Senior Software 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 Software 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.
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One on one interview: 50%
Phone interview: 50%
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I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft (Tallin)
Interview
Initial screening interview (simple coding question) with an Engineering Manager, followed a month later by a hiring day of 4 interviews
- Problem solving
- System Design
- Software Design
- Soft Skills
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The interviewer was as surprised with the problem solving question as I am
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (Praga) in May 2024
Interview
Relatively smooth interview process. Most of the calls were very interactive as you would expect.
Started with meeting with recruiter. Then four other stages with two involving some live coding.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a recent challenge you tackled on a project.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Dallas, TX) in Jul 2024
Interview
Reached out by recruiter, after applying through carrer page. First call was with team, no introduction straight to the coding question. Gave very little details have to ask questions to get clarity. solved the question, asked a follow up could solve that as well. Got rejection after two weeks and ghosted by the recruiter.