Microsoft Software Engineer Intern interview questions
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Software Engineer Intern applicants have rated the interview process at Microsoft with 2.5 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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The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Microsoft in Apr 2010
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Received an email from college recruitment, and they scheduled a 30 minute phone interview. The interview consisted of developer, tester, situational, and psychological questions. The psychological questions consisted of what I want to do and why I want to work the company. They also asked my opinion on what makes good code.
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Microsoft (Mountain View, CA) in Jan 2010
Interview
Submitted Resume to Career Fair, one on-Campus interview, one on-site interview. 5 1:1 interviews in a single day, very exhaustive. Have to write codes for every single one, answer general CS questions, design questions, and questions about past projects.
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Question 1
How would you design the RSS functionality for a cellphone if the cellphone is placed behind a firewall.