Microsoft Software Development Engineer interview questions
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Software Development Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Microsoft with 4 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 71.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Development Engineer roles take an average of 1 day to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Microsoft overall takes an average of 46 days.
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I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Microsoft in Jul 2021
Interview
Straightaway a linked list question was asked the interviewer was not helpful and no other question was asked. While there were others with hr round and only project questions not even tell me about yourself
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Microsoft
Interview
1.First coding round which had 2 programming questions.
One question was easy, other was of medium to hard level
2. virtual interview was of one hour, Interviewer asked about projects and gave one coding question
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Microsoft in Aug 2020
Interview
Round-1(Online Coding Round):
The recruiter sent me the link for the test on Monday and asked me to complete it by Tuesday if I wanted to get an invite for the drive on Friday.
Codility Platform, 2 Coding Questions, 70 minutes
It was just an eligibility round. Anyone who scored more than 50% was invited for the placement drive.
Placement Drive
The interviews started at 9AM on a Friday. Each round was an elimination round.
After each round, I got a call from the Recruiter with the details of the next round.
Each Interviewer will give some time in the end to ask questions. Try to be prepared with some questions.