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.
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Pretty painless for a explore internship interview. I had 3 45-minute interviews back to back. One interview had a technical question, the other two were mostly behavioral. Overall great experience.
Over the phone - coding module; If passed, you will go through another over the phone coding module. If successful, you will be invited for In person interviews at the Microsoft HQ in Seattle which consist of at least 3 separate interviews
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Microsoft
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Behavioral interview with an HR guy, the first after completing the docility code test.
just be yourself, normal questions about yourself and your professional experience and your teamwork expiericne, etc.