Data Scientist applicants have rated the interview process at Microsoft with 3.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 75% positive. To compare, the company-average is 69.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Data Scientist roles take an average of 18 days to get hired, when considering 4 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Microsoft overall takes an average of 45 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Microsoft as a Data Scientist according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 33%
Presentation: 17%
IQ intelligence test: 17%
Other: 17%
One on one interview: 17%
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Applied through career center and got a response within a week. Phone interview happened the following week. Interviewer appeared to be tired and a bit disinterested (But it may be my perception )
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Of all the questions he could ask, he picked the following ones (although to be fair to the interviewer, he can ask any thing he wants since it is an interview)
I) Generate a fair coin from a biased one. II) Generate 7 integers with equal probability from a function which returns 1/0 with probability p and (1-p). These were not worded this way, but essentially this was question.
Tell me about your most recent project. When I proceeded to describe it, he asked me several questions, including how you think you will improve your model given that you have 6 more months etc.
A entrevista consistiu em um teste técnico online com algumas perguntas tecnicas do hackerrank que deveriam ser respondidas em um periodo de tempo predefinido (acho que dentro de 1 horas).
Feeling thrilled to have accepted the offer, I look back on this interview process as both challenging and rewarding. It began with a technical round where I tackled a complex A/B testing design question, followed by a SQL query on user retention. The final stages included a system design discussion that had me sweating, but honestly, the system design section on PracHub prepared me well. Each step pushed my limits, but the culmination was definitely worth it, landing me a role at Microsoft.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Design an A/B test to measure the impact of a new ranking change in Bing, and explain how you would handle network interference between treatment and control users.
Write a SQL query that computes 7-day rolling user retention from a daily events table, then flags cohorts whose week-over-week retention dropped more than 10%.
Phone screen with HR/recruiter. Less than 10 mins. Very basic mostly about role fit and my background and resume. Did not hear back from them at all. Very unenthusiastic during the call