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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2 part interview, one regarding design and the other on coding. Before in person interview was an over the phone interview where they asked more about my focuses and interests.
I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft (Egypt, TX) in Apr 2021
Interview
it was a little bit hard but actually, it was good and I gained some more experience from it but actually, I discovered I had an interview a little bit late because I didn't check my email(my problem) but the experience as a whole was good actually.
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Question 1
3 tasks using codility
The first one was an mcq
second and third was problem solving
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Microsoft (Kanpur Nagar) in Jul 2019
Interview
Coding test + Algo test on pen and paper + Interview R1 (DSA problems with emphasis on graphs) + Interview R2 (Resume + Project discussion) + Interview R3 (DSA problems + debugging ability test)