The interview process involved four remote rounds.
Three interviews were with members of the team, and one was with HR. Each interview lasted approximately one hour.
Technical questions were presented casually. Whiteboarding or formal solutions were not necessary; instead, the process involved a cooperative discussion on how problems could be solved.
I felt the interviews went well, but I did not receive any further contact from Microsoft, not even a response to my follow-up email.
The interviewer presented me with a GUI application and its C++ implementation files, then asked me to explain how some of the features in the application were working.
The following metrics were computed from 207 interview experiences for the Microsoft Software Engineer role in Redmond, Washington.
Microsoft's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in Redmond, Washington is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Microsoft's Software Engineer interview process in Redmond, Washington.