Microsoft runs a recruiter call and a technical screen, then a loop of several interviews that mix coding, design and behavioural questions, often ending with an 'as appropriate' interview with a senior leader.
What a mock looks like in the room, step by step. The panel, its order, the form and the criteria are the real round's; the words and numbers are illustrative.
The interviewer has your résumé open. Expect questions on anything you listed — every project and every tool — and a level pitched to the role you name at Microsoft.
In the order the real one moves: your project, then problem, then approach, then code, then test, then follow-up. Follow-ups come from what you just said.
Not run, as in most real screens: the interviewer reads it as you write and asks about your choices.
Scored on the 4 criteria this round is assessed on, with every line of your Résumé marked as held up, shaky or not yet asked. A practice estimate, never a forecast.
This board gives no marks of its own, so it is a practice index out of 100. For finding what to fix, not for predicting a result.
Nothing to buy first. Pick the round, fill in your Résumé, and the interviewer is ready. Your recording, if you ask for one, never leaves your device.
Face this interviewer yourselfOne engineer, on a video call with a shared editor.
There is no score. The screen decides whether you go to the loop.
Assessed on: Problem solving · Coding · Verification · Communication
One engineer per interview, three to five interviews in the loop.
Each loop interviewer shares feedback with the next; the final interviewer sees the picture so far.
Assessed on: Problem solving · Coding · Verification · Communication
One senior engineer.
Design depth scales with the level applied for.
Assessed on: Requirements and scope · High-level design · Depth · Trade-offs and scale · Communication
One senior leader.
Not every loop has one; when it does, it usually carries the most weight.
Assessed on: Ownership · Collaboration · Handling ambiguity · Learning and growth · Communication
The interviewer has your résumé open. Expect questions on anything you listed — every project and every tool — and a level pitched to the role you name at Microsoft.
Every sitting — AI, real or peer — is scored on the same 4 criteria, so you can see a line move instead of weighing one opinion against another.
How it works, step by step: the mock interview guide, and coding, design and case rounds.
The interviewer reads your Résumé, asks in the real order and scores you on what the real one assesses. Free, and ready now.
