Microsoft Intern Software Engineer interview questions
based on 208 ratings - Updated Jun 17, 2026
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Intern Software Engineer 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 67.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Common stages of the interview process at Microsoft as a Intern Software Engineer according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 33%
Presentation: 33%
One on one interview: 33%
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3 45 minute back to back interviews with 15 min breaks in between the interviews- breakdown 15 min behavioural questions and 30 min technical leetcode question they were easy to medium difficulty and interviewers would give tips aswell.
two 45 minute interviews back to back. the first interview was relatively easy and was a leetcode easy/medium problem. second one was less leetcode style and more implementation, but on the easy/medium side as well
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Question 1
explain past experiences that show up on your resume
I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA)
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The process for the software engineer intern role for Microsoft is the following: Application -> Resume Screen/ATS Screen -> 2 rounds of final interviews. (Now I must meet the word minimum)
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Behavioral questions, such as 'Tell me about yourself,' and then straight into technical questions. For technical questions, I had 1 LeetCode easy problem with a few follow-up questions upon successful completion and 1 LeetCode medium/hard matrix problem.