Data Science applicants have rated the interview process at Microsoft with 3.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 71.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Common stages of the interview process at Microsoft as a Data Science according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 100%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
Consisted of two months roughly. 1 behavioral interview, 2 coding interviews. Questions were leet code easy-medium. Overall good interview process, quick response and feedback. This was a remote contractor position, and was relatively easier that the onsite
10 min go through the resume, 20 min of technical questions and 30 min coding. Technical questions including a case study, which is building a machine learning model from scratch.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How to improve model performance in one of resume project.
I first had a screening HR interview, then a phone interview with the team leader, then 1 hour data science interview, then an interview with higher manager and then HR again.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
General questions about data science, and case studies