Microsoft interview questions
Updated Jun 4, 2026Difficulty
Average
Experience
Very positive
How others got an interview
- 26%Campus RecruitingCampus Recruiting
- 14%RecruiterRecruiter
- 13%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 2%In PersonIn Person
- 2%OtherOther
- 2%Staffing AgencyStaffing Agency
Interview search
17,862 interviews
Microsoft interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Microsoft as 69.5% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3.09 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Associate Consultant and Customer Success Account Manager rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Customer Success Manager and Ingénieur roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at Microsoft takes an average of 45 days when considering 174 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Consultant Junior had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Inside Sales Executive roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 180 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at Microsoft according to 174 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 27%
One on one interview: 23%
Group panel interview: 11%
Presentation: 10%
Skills test: 9%
Background check: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Personality test: 5%
Other: 3%
Drug test: 1%
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