Microsoft·Data Scientist

Microsoft Data Scientist interview experience

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CanadaPosted Mar 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My interview loop was three rounds back to back, and it was a blend of behavioral and technical discussions with people on the team.

Everything was conducted virtually, and the overall vibe felt pretty team-based depending on who I spoke with. The interviews themselves were pretty normal in structure—nothing overly unusual—just a steady sequence of conversations.

What threw me off wasn’t the content so much as the communication after the recruiter touchpoint. The recruiter was very unresponsive and took a long time to reply, and the whole end-to-end process took more than two months. Because it dragged like that, it felt hard to maintain momentum emotionally, even though the interviews were straightforward.

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