Microsoft Software Engineer (internship) interview questions
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There were 4 rounds in it . The first one being online coding test with two questions. Next two rounds were technical rounds and last round was HR round .
quick phone screen with recruiter (typical behavioral questions with STAR answers), then video interviews with engineers (mix of technical and behavioral questions, but more focused on behavioral) a few weeks later
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what is the toughest technical challenge you've faced?
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (Haifa) in Sep 2021
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the first stage interview include a simple codility test which had 3 questions about different subjects like backtracking, sorting problems, strings, arrays and overall the questions are about basic cs knowledge.
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Question 1
here is a 40 kg stone that broke into 4 pieces such that you can measure any weight between 1kg to 40 kg using a balance. What are the weights of the broken pieces?