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Software Development Engineer Internship (12 Months) Interview Experience - Dublin, Ireland

November 1, 2013
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Process

I started by sending my CV to them and received a reply very quickly (2-3 days). The reply included a technical evaluation form with some small coding tasks, testing questions (e.g., "How would you test a pen?"), and other general questions.

After returning the technical evaluation form, I heard back very quickly once again. I was informed that there were openings in two different teams, as my CV and technical evaluation form had been selected from a group for an interview with an additional team, rather than the team where most interns are typically chosen.

I was then scheduled for a face-to-face interview with the team leader the following Monday and was offered a position two hours after leaving the interview. The entire process took less than 1.5 weeks.

Questions

During the face-to-face interview, it was very informal. However, the majority was technical. I wasn't once asked anything like, 'Tell me a bit about yourself.' The closest I came to this question was, 'Tell me about your computer,' which I was able to answer like a breeze because I finished building it a month prior.

During the one-hour interview, we barely sat down. In the room were myself, the team leader, and what I believe to be a developer currently on the team. We were all in a small conference room, and I was being asked questions and asked to write small code samples on a whiteboard.

The questions elaborated upon my technical evaluation form, which I completed at the start of the process. They involved going through my pieces of code and discussing how I could improve them.

The interview also had some abstract questions; I believe these were to assess my thought processes.

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Microsoft's interview process for their Software Development Engineer Internship (12 Months) roles in Dublin, Ireland is incredibly easy as the vast majority of engineers get an offer after going through it.

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