First, there was a phone interview. It was a bit technical, but not excessively so. The questions included:
Then, an on-site interview followed, which took two hours.
One-page question: Write a message queue system that gets from one queue and writes to another. There are two processes handling this whole thing - multi-threaded.
One algorithm and one data structure question.
The following metrics were computed from 150 interview experiences for the Microsoft Software Engineer role in Israel.
Microsoft's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in Israel is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Microsoft's Software Engineer interview process in Israel.