Microsoft Software Development Engineer interview questions
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Software Development Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Microsoft with 4 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.
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I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (Bengaluru) in Nov 2019
Interview
It was nearly 2–3 months back when I saw a series of messages from Microsoft employees on Linkedin. It was about Microsoft hiring pre-final year for an SDE summer intern. I got really excited about this and didn’t want to miss the opportunity.
I had mailed my resume, including all my projects, achievements, and experiences to 15–20 people from Microsoft, hoping at least one of them would refer me for the online coding test. And yeah there it all started.
3 rounds
1. Coding
2. Virtual Interview
3. Onsite(3 rounds)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Max height of BST
2. Level Order BST
3. Lucky Numbers
4. Reverse a LinkedList
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Microsoft (Chandigarh) in Feb 2019
Interview
Applied for Microsoft internship process Tech-Set-Go 2019 for Software Development Engineer role. Interview was scheduled at Chandigarh University(nearest location).
It was around 1 day drive. First an online test was there and then on site for furthur 3 onsite technical rounds. I was out from 2nd onsite round.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
First Round-
1. Rotate the array k times and return it.
2. Subsequence sum in linked list equal to k.
Round 2-
1. Least Common Ancestor
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Microsoft
Interview
It was an on-campus interview that was 30 minutes. It was very casual and I was able to ask the interviewer questions about what he does at Microsoft. He seemed unimpressed from the beginning with my resume and didn't even ask me any leetcode questions. He merely asked me questions about data structures.