I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Bucareste, ) in Feb 2012
Interview
First I was called for a eliminator language test (my case German). The test consisted of a 15 minute talk about me - my interests and hobbies - and afterwards a 30 grill grammar and vocabulary test. I was called after 2 weeks to be invited to a 1:1 interview. At that interview I was questioned about my interests in technology, communication and Microsoft. Then I was given a scenario: what would i do if a client wanted to change Outlook's interface color to green and it wasn't possible? I answered that i would first ask that client why he wants to change the interface color. The client answered that his boss demanded that and if he would not succeed his boss would fire him. Then i said that i would tell the client that i would send an official mail on behalf of Microsoft to the boss telling him that changing the interface's color is not possible. The answer was correct. After this interview i was called in 1 day to be announced that i had been accepted in the internship.
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Question 1
What would you do if a client wanted to change the color of the interface of a program and that wasn't possible, and if he didn't succeed he would be fired?
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Microsoft (Bengaluru)
Interview
OA was taken, it was easy-medium consisting of a string problem and a DP problem. Technical Interview 1 was taken where they asked tree traversals using iteration and construction of trees using traversal
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Space Complexity of Traversal, also explain Morris Traversal
The entire process only had two rounds and it was really simple. Each round was around 45 minutes to an hour with a current Microsoft engineer and they just ask you a typical leetcode style question. There was also a behavioral round that was really simple.
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Question 1
The first round was a typically leetcode question that was really easy. The second round was a little bit harder. It was about having a nxn square made out of 0s and 1s and it wants you to compute what the square looks like if it was rotated.
I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft (Belgrade) in Apr 2026
Interview
It was a really enjoyable experience overall. Although I didn’t get the position, the interview itself was great, and I truly appreciated the opportunity to learn more about the role, the team, and the company.