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Software Developer - Internship Interview Experience - Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom

January 1, 2022
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

It was good.

  1. The interviewer was having a bad internet connection, which led to only an audio call on Teams. A video call would be better.
  2. The interviewer asked me NOT to say my thoughts out loud while solving the given problem, contrary to which I did.

Questions

Q. Which year would you be graduating?

Q. What inspired you to apply at MS?

Q. Which application do you like from MS? And how would you improve it?

Q. Describe the most difficult project that you have done using your programming skills.

Q. Describe a difficult situation in your experience where you had to tackle a problem.

Q. How would you explain multi-threading in layman's terms? Use no technical terms.

Q. Problem-solving question (5 minutes to solve):

There's a stone weighing 40 kg. You are given a scale where you can put the stone on one side and an item (whose weight is to be measured) on the other side. The weight of the item can be measured inclusive of 1 kg and 40 kg. If the stone is broken into 4 selected parts, then the weight can be measured. Is this true? If yes, what are the weights of the 4 parts of the stone?

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Microsoft's interview process for their Software Developer - Internship roles in Stoke-on-Trent, the United Kingdom is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

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Candidates reported having very good feelings for Microsoft's Software Developer - Internship interview process in Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom.

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