Candidates applying for Senior Software Engineer roles take an average of 1 day to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Microsoft overall takes an average of 34 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Microsoft as a Senior Software Engineer according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
IQ intelligence test: 20%
Phone interview: 20%
One on one interview: 20%
Personality test: 20%
Background check: 20%
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft in Sep 2024
Interview
I was referred and had a recruiter reach out about a week later. I scheduled a call with the hiring manager and asked in advance what this call would consist of. I was told that it would just be a resume review.
When I got on the call, I was asked how well I knew some of the optional requirements and then asked a leetcode hard with only about 15 minutes left. However, it was one I had seen before so I was able to give correct answer. After that I spoke with the HM for well over the time limit about the job and their personal experiences working for MS.
I was almost certain I was going to be moving forward since I really enjoyed the chat I had with the HM and was able to solve the question even though I was asked it by surprise.
The only thing I can think of is that I didn't know some of the optional requirements that well. In that case then I think they should have been required instead of optional, to not waste anyone's time.
I was also ghosted until I followed up multiple times .
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
NDA, but was a leetcode hard on the Microsoft list.
Online interview round.
There would be 4 interview rounds total. Each one evaluate various skills about you. They will give you hints as well at time required, you need to capture those and rethink on your solution.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design worker thread library where each task will be executed in parallel. Design a system to handle a huge workload.
HR screening, one technical interview with the hiring manager then three interview loop which covered two system design and one dsa round.
System design was intensive and challenging.
It took them 5 weeks to come back with an offer. Background check was completed in a week, got joining date after 3 days.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design a system for a startup company that let users post various types of content and get a unique url which can be shared with others to access the content