Microsoft Data Engineer interview questions
Updated Oct 29, 2025Difficulty
Average
Experience
Mostly positive
How others got an interview
- 8%RecruiterRecruiter
- 8%OtherOther
- 8%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 8%Campus RecruitingCampus Recruiting
Interview search
23 interviews
Microsoft interviews FAQs
- Data Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Microsoft with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 38% positive. To compare, the company-average is 72% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
- Candidates applying for Data Engineer roles take an average of 18 days to get hired, when considering 8 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Microsoft overall takes an average of 18 days.
- Common stages of the interview process at Microsoft as a Data Engineer according to 8 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 19%
Skills test: 19%
Presentation: 14%
Phone interview: 10%
Group panel interview: 10%
Background check: 10%
Other: 10%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Personality test: 5%
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