Microsoft Software Engineer Internship interview questions
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I was called for an interview after CGPA shortlisting through campus placement cell. The interview lasted for 45 mins and 2 Questions based on data structures and algorithms were asked. Overall it was a good experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Make values at each index of an array either -1 or same as the index.
The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Microsoft (Nova Deli) in Sep 2020
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We had a coding round first and the interview process had 3 rounds via Microsoft Teams. The first 2 rounds were based on Data Structures and Algorithms and the last one was an HR round
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
Explaining the concept of Paging in operating systems
Applied for the position with a referral, got a phone screen, and got one onsite (virtual) interview. The onsite was the last step of the process. Phone screen was more casual with some guided questions.