Microsoft Software Engineer(Internship) interview questions
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one phone round and two virtual onsite rounds, both with coding questions on leetcode. The questions are not hard, but they require a lot of thinking and talking. They also ask about projects that I have been working on.
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Coding questions (easy/medium leetcode); one for each round
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Microsoft (Dhanbād) in Aug 2020
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It was an on-campus opportunity.
There was a short coding round, in which about 25 students were shortlisted.
Following this, there were 2 technical interviews and an HR interview. The interview process, tested the problem solving abilities and the personality, overall.
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They asked 2 simple problems based on graphs in first round and a simple problem based on 2-pointers in the second round. In 3rd round, they asked some in-depth questions about my project and some real life problems
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Microsoft
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Quick and fast paced, consisted of 3 smaller interviews which zoomed through various programming tasks. It bared most resemblance to various programming competitions. Prepare a little, and the interview is supposed to be easy.
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Any past experience with projects, outside of university?