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 70.8% 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%
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I applied online. The process took 4 days. I interviewed at Microsoft (Boston, MA) in Oct 2020
Interview
The interview included brief questions about my background, and a technical coding question which involved sorting an array in an efficient distributed manner. The length of the interview was 1 hour.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Microsoft (Nova Deli) in Aug 2021
Interview
There was one coding round where we had to do some PCA along with some MCQs. And then an interview round which was related to scores, different types of methods and other issues faced while building a model.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Q: What are the difficulties faced when you have a model with a lot of layers.
I interviewd during a hiring event. After a coding online assesment with 2 questions, I interviewd onsite (microsoft teams) with four members of the team. Unfortunately I didn't receive an offer.