SE 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 SE Intern according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 100%
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I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Dec 2024
Interview
Through a federal. Two 45 min interviews. One PM and on technical. The two interviewers were very nice and it was overall a good experience. I would say just make sure you know you’re data structures and algorithms and you’ll be fine.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They have two mystery functions and made me walk through what they’re doing. I was then asked to find repeating letters in a string and how I could count them.
I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA)
Interview
This consisted of two back to back one hour interviews where the problems were what you would see on leetcode. I only had one round. The interviewers were super friendly and helpful throughout. They get back to you about two weeks later.
I applied through other source. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (Bengaluru)
Interview
Smooth and straight forward process. I was a little nervous but the interview made me feel less nervous. They asked me dsa questions and os fundamentals. In the hr round, I was asked dsa again and oops mostly