Internship applicants have rated the interview process at Microsoft with 2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 69.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Microsoft in Feb 2016
Interview
First stage - phone stage. A software engineer called me on the phone, asked questions about my CV, and asked me to describe the entry I was most proud of. Then he asked me a coding question regarding number conversion to linked lists. It was a short interview, ~30min over phone.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Write a method that converts integers to linked lists
I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft (Pékin, Pékin) in Apr 2017
Interview
First I submit the application online. After about 2 months I received an email which aim to arrange an interview with me. 2 days later went the interview. Unfortunately I didn't pass the first round. But the interviewer is kind and I learnt a lot during the preparation.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The question is to implement the pick k nearest items from a database. Give some acceleration tips for the situation.
I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft (Copenhague, Hovedstaden) in Feb 2017
Interview
four people were interviewed one by one for the first round. And then two of them would go to the second round. Most questions were asked are specialized about the related field for the first round.