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Updated Apr 21, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Engineering at Microsoft
Posted Oct 4, 2010 — 0 of 1 people found this helpful
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2008 (took a day)
Technical questions and some behavioral questions. It was pretty good.
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Reason for Declining
Had other plans
Other Details
The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Skills Test.
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Engineering at Microsoft
Posted Aug 2, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2009 in Redmond, WA (took 1+ week)
Too slow, moves so slow that you can just keep waiting. Plus you meet rude people who are more interested in finding personality fits than work fits.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Engineer at Microsoft
Posted May 17, 2010
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2010 in Beijing, Beijing (China) (took a day)
Take two hours for two rounds of interviews. For the first interview, it consists three parts: 1. self-introduction and some questions about your CV, 2. writing code 3. interesting topics. For the 2nd interview, it is mainly focus on the complexity of algorithms and coding. Finally, you can raise several questions. The interviewers are nice.
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Other Details
I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Engineer at Microsoft
Posted Mar 14, 2010 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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5.0
Very Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2008 in Beijing, Beijing (China) (took a day)
Interviewed with 5 persons one by one in a whole day (3 in the morning and 2 in the afternoon);for the interviews in the morning, each person of them first asked me to introduce myself in English; then in chinese asked me the details about my resume(studay, intern experience etc.); then asked me one or two iq puzzles; then one or two programming questions. If you passed the first 3 persons's test in the morning (there should be 2 or more positive feedbacks), you entered the second round interviews in the afternoon: two managers who are the head of the group/position that you have applied for. They asked more aboIut my interests and my career plan; also there were one or two iq puzzles. If you got positive feedbacks from both of them, then congratulations; unfortunately I failed the last interview. That's all.
Interview Questions
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test and a Skills Test.
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Engineer at Microsoft
Posted Feb 15, 2010
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2009 (took a day)
The interview was mainly behavioural and had little coding questions. I was given an array and asked to explain how to find a particular element from that array. Another question was if I could change any software I was presently working with, what would it be..
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Engineering at Microsoft
Posted Feb 8, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2009 (took 1 week)
First, got an email from HR for setting up a phone interview. HR gave a list of timeslots over two days and asked all timeslots I am available for the interview. Also HR asked me to fill-up a candidate interest form. After sending my free slots and the filled interest form, I got an email with my assigned slot and the interviewer name.
Though that I mentioned 'Dev' as the first preference and 'Testing' as the second preference in the candidate interest form., I found out later in the interview that it was for a Testing position.
Interview Questions
Other Details
I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Engineer at Microsoft
Posted Nov 10, 2009
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2008 in Redmond, WA (took 4 months)
Resume being selected for the interview is the harder part in my opinion.
Interviews are not so hard compared to Other equally popular companies.
Most of the questions would be past interview questions found on internet.
Even if you know answer right away , trying to deduce the procedure infront of the interviewer would be helpful in gaining a good impression.
Roughly about 1 in 5 are selected from interviews.
So if 20 guys are interviewed on your day. you would need to be atleast 4th best.
Interview Questions
Negotiation Details
Cannot negotiate most of the time. Unless you are a top executive, VP and above.
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Background Check.
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Engineering at Microsoft
Posted Aug 9, 2009
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed May 2009 in Redmond, WA (took a day)
Had a phone interview... asked hypothetical questions and some about my current job, challenges, and qualifications for a future position. Found it to be an easy phone interview but did not get an offer. Technical qualifications were addressed and evaluated.
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Other Details
The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Engineering at Microsoft
Posted Apr 28, 2009
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2009 in London, England (United Kingdom) (took 6 weeks)
Initial phone interview with recruiter. Phone interview with hiring manager. Full day 1:1 interviews with hiring manger, 2x engineers, external R&D engineer.
Interview Questions
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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