Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at MSD 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 63.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 11 days to get hired, when considering 4 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at MSD overall takes an average of 39 days.
Common stages of the interview process at MSD as a Software Engineer according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 50%
One on one interview: 25%
Skills test: 25%
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Had initial call to talk about interest for the role and experience followed by onsite frontend and backend interviews on seperate days with system design in each session asking about scaling endpoints, file ingestion, AI/ML.
Four rounds, quite long, but I was used to it back when the Prague IT Hub was opening. First with HR, one with a manager, another just to get an overview of the process—a second opinion. The final one was a call with the boss in the US.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at MSD (Singapore) in Aug 2024
Interview
2 rounds of interview. First round was a technical interview with 2 senior software engineers and the product manager. Mostly on technicl discussions and some situational questions. 2nd round with the hiring manager and another senior team member. Mostly situational and behavioral questions and some technical questions.