Software Engineer(Internship) applicants have rated the interview process at Microsoft with 3 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 70.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer(Internship) roles take an average of 90 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 46 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Microsoft as a Software Engineer(Internship) according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 40%
Skills test: 20%
Presentation: 20%
Phone interview: 20%
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I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Costa Rica) in Aug 2025
Interview
Coding Assesment donde te dan dos ejercicios tipo leetcode, te dan dos semanas para prepararte y te dan 75 minutos a a a a a a aa a a aproximadamente para resolverlos
Easy 2 back to back interviews both leetcode medium. Second one was a bit more challenging, need to know how to sort without enough space. Other than that smooth process
A leetcode style test with three problems, then three interviews with different managers ( for each it was a coding problem and behavioral questions). Each interview was 1 hour long
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do I react and handle a conflict situation at work
I applied through their website with a referral, after a month or so they sent me a home exam, I think about a month after that i had 3 interviews in the same day, each one around 1:15 hours.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
implement a dictionary where you have set,get and setAll, all in O(1)