Microsoft Software Engineer - Internship interview questions
based on 770 ratings - Updated Jun 23, 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%
Phone interview: 20%
Skills test: 20%
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phone screening with hr, 30 mins. asked different questions about projects i had worked on, why i want to work at microsoft, what interests me, problem solving question with marbles.
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how to describe recursion to child, describe good code and great code
I applied through college or university. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Jan 2020
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My University had a Microsoft rep come to campus and interview in person. He asked a basic DFS question, and I was then ghosted by the University recruiter. I pinged them 4 times over the span of several months before abruptly offered an onsite.
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Leetcode easy-medium type questions. Involved a Trie.
Interview very smooth, but they do take a long take to move you to next rounds. Interviewed for an internship with them, and that actually moved pretty fast. Very technical questions for internship opportunities
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