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- 11%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 2%In PersonIn Person
- 1%OtherOther
- 1%Staffing AgencyStaffing Agency
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- Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Microsoft with 3.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 69% positive. To compare, the company-average is 71.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
- Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 17 days to get hired, when considering 13 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Microsoft overall takes an average of 44 days.
- Common stages of the interview process at Microsoft as a Software Engineer according to 13 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: Â 29%
Skills test: Â 19%
Presentation: Â 14%
Background check: Â 14%
Phone interview: Â 14%
Group panel interview: Â 5%
IQ intelligence test: Â 5%
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