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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The phone screen was straightforward. Asked about technical experience working in teams and explaining a concept to a 5-year-old. You should have taken classes on object orient programming and data structure.
The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft in Nov 2021
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There were 2 total rounds. The first round was a technical screen that was 30 minutes long. Then, there was the final round, which had two rounds in total. The first round was a technical round and the second round was a behavioral round.
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (Seattle, WA) in Nov 2021
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scheduled for half an hour; the actual time is about 40 minutes. The interviewer only asked 2-3 behavioral questions and turned into coding question. The coding question is relatively simple (easy level in LeetCode), but due to the time limit I didn't finished it in half an hour. The interviewer leaved me about 10 minutes for finishing it.
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The most challenging thing you encountered and solved during your internship