Backend Engineer 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 40% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Backend Engineer roles take an average of 19 days to get hired, when considering 5 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Microsoft overall takes an average of 30 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Microsoft as a Backend Engineer according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 40%
Phone interview: 40%
Skills test: 20%
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Got a phone a call from a recruiter, asked me about my experience with more specific details about my role in the previous company, which technologies I used, side projects that I worked on
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
just about my experience in my previous company, some tasks that I got, technologies that I used etc..
I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft in Feb 2022
Interview
1) Codility Test : There were 3 questions . One of them was a to find the bug and other 2 were more on Data Structure. these 2 questions were bit tough to resolve
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Microsoft (Seattle, WA) in Oct 2021
Interview
Contacted by a Microsoft recruiter on email for the position
Online Assessment, Followed by the Final Interview
Initial Assessment have Codility with 2 technical questions, time 1 Hour 45 Mins
Final round of interview based on the result of this assessment.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Return maximum number formed by reordering the digits in a given number 43525 --> 55432