Intern applicants have rated the interview process at Microsoft with 2.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 33% 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 according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 100%
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I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Microsoft (Ciudad de Mexico) in Sep 2016
Interview
forty five to fifty minute interview with trhee parts:
1- Questions about myself and my experience (eg. What was your most challenging project -- and why?)
2- Programming question regarding data structures
3- Brief part where I could ask about the company
The interviewer was a foreign working member of an active project at the company. The algorithm used for answering the question was written on a piece of paper provided by the interviewer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What was your most challenging project -- and why?
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Microsoft (Bengaluru)
Interview
OA was taken, it was easy-medium consisting of a string problem and a DP problem. Technical Interview 1 was taken where they asked tree traversals using iteration and construction of trees using traversal
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Space Complexity of Traversal, also explain Morris Traversal
The entire process only had two rounds and it was really simple. Each round was around 45 minutes to an hour with a current Microsoft engineer and they just ask you a typical leetcode style question. There was also a behavioral round that was really simple.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The first round was a typically leetcode question that was really easy. The second round was a little bit harder. It was about having a nxn square made out of 0s and 1s and it wants you to compute what the square looks like if it was rotated.
I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft (Belgrade) in Apr 2026
Interview
It was a really enjoyable experience overall. Although I didn’t get the position, the interview itself was great, and I truly appreciated the opportunity to learn more about the role, the team, and the company.