Microsoft·Applied Scientist

Microsoft Applied Scientist interview experience

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Positive

Virgin, UTPosted Oct 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I had a phone screen that was mostly about basic statistics and machine learning concepts, and it was centered on explaining my thought process verbally.

There wasn’t any coding involved and I didn’t have to share a screen—so it felt like a pure reasoning check.

I remember how quickly it moved through fundamentals and then turned into prompts where I had to articulate how I’d approach the questions. It wasn’t about memorizing one-liners, and it didn’t require implementation—just careful explanation. When it ended, I felt like I had been evaluated on how I reason through ML ideas, not on whether I could write code under time pressure.

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