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.
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Question 1
Given two strings, A and B such that B isn't longer than A, return True or False if B is a sub-string permutation of A.
30 min interview in English not technical but more personal. Asked me a few simple questions to get an understanding of my personality and way of thinking. Very nice and easy way to start the process.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Microsoft (Santa Cruz, CA) in Nov 2018
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Did a coding challenge, then had an on campus interview. It was pretty straight forward, started off with some behavioral questions and then went into the technical aspect. I was asked to solve the question on the board, explain my process, and provide time complexity.