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 71.6% 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%
Phone interview: 20%
Presentation: 20%
Skills test: 20%
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The interview process is positive. The interviewers were friendly and provided guidance during the interview process. The process is consisted of three technical rounds (no dedicated behavior interview). I received the call from HR two weeks after the last round of interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
First round: Basic Algo Questions and CS basics
Second round: Combination Sum (Leetcode Medium) + Edit Distance (Leetcode Hard) + Custom questions
Third round: Number of Islands (Leetcode Medium) + two custom questions.
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Dublin, Dublin) in Mar 2017
Interview
The interview was arranged after completing a university project with Microsoft - it consisted of an initial hour long Hackerrank challenge with some string problems followed by an onsite at their offices.
2 part interview, one regarding design and the other on coding. Before in person interview was an over the phone interview where they asked more about my focuses and interests.
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