Software Developer 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 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 40% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft (Bellevue, WA) in Mar 2026
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The interviewers were all nice and made me comfortable throughout the process. However, it was not revealed to me what will be the interviews about: System Design, coding, behavioral, LLD etc. Along with coding, and behavioral, there was an AI coding round, where the evaluation criteria was uncertain but I'd assume it focused on completion of feature and correctness of AI output.
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The coding question was based on tree. In the later discussion, the entire resume was covered. Mainly focused on the decision making about system design choices in the past experience.
I applied in-person. I interviewed at Microsoft (Bengaluru) in Mar 2022
Interview
hard dsa questions and answers in the process and overall structure and many more detailed trees and structures and things for over the interview process and matter of time over 3 to 4 rounds
I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft (Prague) in Jan 2026
Interview
Sono stato inizialmente contattato da un HR telefonicamente per dei chiarimenti sulla posizione e sui miei obiettivi, dopo di che ho fatto 3 colloqui tecnici (System Design + Coding) e infine
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Question 1
Come risolvere l'esercizio Two sum con array ordinato e disordinato