Microsoft Interview Questions & Reviews in India
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Software Development Engineer at Microsoft
Posted Jan 7, 2012
3.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2011 in Hyderabad (India) (took 3 days)
One written and three round of interviews. The last one was HR.
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Negotiation Details
The pay was fixed. No negotiation.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test and a Personality Test.
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Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) at Microsoft
Posted Jan 7, 2012
3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2010 in Hyderabad (India) (took 2 days)
interview was basically on algorithms data structures and test cases . in final round was asked about some puzzles and some basic hr questions
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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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Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) at Microsoft
Posted Jan 3, 2012
3.0
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Overall Negative Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2011 in Bangalore (India) (took 2+ weeks)
good but needs to have more clarity
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Negotiation Details
solid enough
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Presentation, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test, a Personality Test and a Background Check.
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Research Analyst at Microsoft
Posted Dec 22, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2011 in Hyderabad (India) (took 4+ weeks)
The interview was for the position of a research analyst (5 years exp). Overall there were about 6 rounds.
First round - over the phone with a senior analyst. They interviewer would mention a scenario and then probe the candidate's problem solving skills. He would then introduce a new concept and check to what extent the candidate understands it and is able to apply it to a real life scenario. It lasted for about an hour.
2nd round - Face to face with a senior analyst. Similar to the first round - scenario based questioning. Checks understanding of business stakeholders and alignment of research to their needs. For e.g. if the COO is the stakeholder - he would be looking at things from an Ops perspective, hence the research should be done keeping this in mind, etc
3rd round - Case study/ presentation with a senior analyst. Not much of analysis. Focus on secondary research skills and storyboard of the presentation. Questions at the end of assignment
4th round - HR round with a hiring manager. Questions on current work structure, KRA's, etc. Checks knowledge of performance management (for lead positions)
5th round - With the business unit director. Summary of the earlier rounds - scenario based and detailed knowledge of existing work profile.
I didn't make it past this round... :(
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Presentation.
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Intern at Microsoft
Posted Dec 1, 2011
3.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2011 in Bangalore (India) (took 2 days)
Step 1: Written test
Step2 : 1:1 Interview of Selected people
there were 3 interview Rounds last one was an HR round
I cleared the written test but wasn't able clear the last round
They ask lot about projects you have done so my advice is to brush up with your projects.
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the starting node may not be the root node always
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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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Technical Support Engineer at Microsoft
Posted Nov 19, 2011
5.0
Very Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2010 in Bangalore (India) (took 2 days)
Microsoft standard interview. Tested on Troubleshooting skills.
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Negotiation Details
I never negotiated.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test, a Skills Test and a Personality Test.
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Software Development Engineer at Microsoft
Posted Oct 6, 2011
2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2011 in Hyderabad (India) (took a day)
My resume was forwarded by my friend, I got a call from the HR, which was followed up well till the interview process. In general there will be one or two telephonic interviews before making it to Onsite interview. I have flunked in the first interview only so couldn't attend more.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Intern at Microsoft
Posted Sep 17, 2011
3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2011 in Hyderabad (India) (took 2 months)
The first round was an written test. It consisted of 15 objective questions followed by 5 subjective questions.
The objective questions were based on the knowledge of C and Data Structures. The subjective questions consisted of a program, output determination, error finding and two questions related to Software Engineering.
After that the interview rounds were easy . there were two rounds and in both rounds they asked about data structures and algorithms. the last telephonic interview round was also quite easy about desining an algorithm for tic tac toe game. But , finally i didnt get the offer.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and an IQ/Intelligence Test.
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Software Development Engineer at Microsoft
Posted Jul 29, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2010 in Hyderabad (India) (took 4+ weeks)
Once the written tests were over they took about 20 days to declare results. That was very annoying. But on contrary to this , they declared results on the same day of interview which was quite overwhelming.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Skills Test and a Background Check.
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Software Development Engineer at Microsoft
Posted Jul 12, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
3.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jun 2011 in Hyderabad (India) (took 3 days)
The company's interview procedure and schedule are very good. Make sure that you are able to write proper algorithms (bug free) and it covers all the scenarios and negative conditions. That adds more positive points on the candidate's side
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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