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Microsoft Data Scientist interview experience

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Seattle, WAPosted Jan 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My Microsoft interview process stretched over a couple of months, and it started with a phone call followed by travel for an on-site.

On the in-person day, I met a handful of interviewers and even had a lunch together, which made the day feel more like a full visit than a quick test.

Before the onsite, there was already a timed quiz step in the process—an online data science quiz—then I also met with a team manager to talk about projects. After that, there was another shorter technical test, and I got to meet more of the team during the onsite segment. The whole end-to-end experience took about two months from the first phone call to the final decision.

Even though I found parts of it manageable, I didn’t end up with an

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