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.
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I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Microsoft in Sep 2015
Interview
I applied online through Microsoft careers. I was contacted ~ a month later for a screening interview with the foundry program. It was a simple 30 min interview over the phone; however my interview only lasted 15 mins.
After 1-1.5 weeks after my screening I got an email inviting me to come to Vancouver for a full day of interviews.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
In the screening interview, I was asked:
"Why do you want to work for Microsoft?"
after that he focused on my previous experience and personal projects.
There was nothing technical.
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Microsoft (Indore) in Oct 2013
Interview
The interview process consisted of two technical rounds and one HR round. In the 1st technical round I was asked two coding questions and a puzzle. The programming questions were doable if one had solved some questions on sites like career cup and geeksforgeeks. In the second interview too there were two coding questions, puzzles and behavioral questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Why would you like to join Microsoft?
2. Which product of Microsoft do you like the most and why?
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Microsoft (Charlottesville, VA) in Sep 2015
Interview
On Ground Interview at UVa. First, He ask me a technique question. It is a very basic problem. But I am very nervous so I do not do well in this problem and make some mistakes. Then it is behavior questions. they are very normal & popular behavior questions listed below. The whole interview lasts for about half an hour. At last the recruiter staff let me ask for a question.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Reverse linked list. The most impressive project experience. The difficulty in group collaboration.