Microsoft Researcher Interview
Questions & Process
What 79 candidates said about the rounds, the
questions and how long the wait really is.
From 79 candidate reports · FREE TO READ
Questions candidates reported
Quoted word for word from Microsoft interview reports.
Engineering accounts for 10,860 of 79 reports, so company-wide questions may lean toward that function. Pick your role above for questions from your own loop.
“How does DNS work?”
Read reports →“How do transformers work?”
Read reports →“Explain how DNS works”
Read reports →“Explain how TCP works”
Read reports →“Explain how TLS works”
Read report →“Why Microsoft?”
Read report →“What is your research?”
Read report →“Can you tell me about your background?”
Read report →“What are your weaknesses?”
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The interview process
Described in candidates’ own words.
“Before the interview on site there is a phone call where tech questions are asked. You need to understand what group you will be in and who is the manager, this is important. Also check what level you enter and the pay for that.”Candidate-reported process
“Online interview, friendly interviewer, he guided me through some of the questions. Questions were of okay difficulty but not super hard. I messed up on one question and he fixed the code together with me. I didn’t get an offer.”Candidate-reported process
“They ask about my past experience and dig into the details. The interviewer is friendly and seems senior. The team is all in AI now and wants to hire some senior researchers.”Candidate-reported processMore reports lockedRead 300+ more interview experiences
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