Microsoft Software Engineer (internship) interview questions
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Software Engineer (internship) applicants have rated the interview process at Microsoft with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 71.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer (internship) roles take an average of 90 days to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Microsoft overall takes an average of 46 days.
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Three rounds. Increasing in difficulty. Final one wasn't technical at all. The other two involved multiple algorithmic and solving questions. There was one weird 2-d array question. Overall wasn't too bad.
Phone screen and then 2 online coding interviews. Phone screen was only about 30 minutes and some general questions about data structures and PM. The Online coding interview had some questions you might find in CtCI book related to PM.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Microsoft (Praga) in Dec 2021
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Had an hour long interview with HR and behavioural questions and at the end a logic puzzle. Answered everything great but I did not hear back from them even after a month.
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Question 1
If a stone broke in 4 pieces what are the weights of the pieces knowing that you can use them to measure any weight from 1 to 40 kg