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.
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Not as hard as I expected, the interviewer was very personable and easy to talk to. The questions seemed on target for my experience level. In the final round, they said they would give me up to 5 interviews, but only ended up asking me to do 2.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Pequim, Pequim) in Jun 2021
Interview
First, self-introduction,
Second, talk about one of your project, what's the most challenging/ difficult part in your project, how to solve it;
Third, complete two coding problems;
Last, anything you want to ask.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Q1: reverse a singly linked list
Q2: find the top K element in an array
- Recruiter reached out on Linkedin to apply
- Set up the first phone interview for 30 mins
- Final rounds 45 mins, 2 interviews
Overall a good process, the recruiter was responsive. I would suggest practicing Leetcode.