Microsoft Software Engineer (internship) interview questions
based on 771 ratings - Updated Jun 28, 2026
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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.
Common stages of the interview process at Microsoft as a Software Engineer (internship) according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 40%
Presentation: 20%
Skills test: 20%
Phone interview: 20%
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Question 1
I was asked a question based on an N-ary tree
which I couldn't solve in that given 45mins
so, that's that
I received a online coding challenge and shortly after had a 30 minute interview with resume questions and one simple coding question. Next round was 2 back to back 45 minute technical interviews with 1 involved coding question each.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft in Jan 2021
Interview
a Home test and a HR interview, there are 3 more interviews (i didn't pass the first one).
The home page include a sorting question, dividing big numbers (by shift right).
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