Microsoft·Applied Scientist

Microsoft Applied Scientist interview experience

No offer

Medium

Positive

Redmond, WAPosted Sep 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I started with a 30-minute tech screen that actually ran a bit longer in practice.

The interviewer had gone through MAIDAP too, and the call didn’t use a camera. The first part was a self-introduction plus a deep dive into my resume, and then we moved straight into a case study tied to ML coding. It felt fairly structured—intro and resume first, then the ML work—without any off-the-wall detours.

After the call, I waited and got a response about a week later. The whole experience left me feeling like the process was pretty focused on fundamentals and clearly connected problem-solving to what I’d listed on my application.

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