Software Engineer Intern Interview Experience - Mountain View, California
Process
Submitted resume to career fair.
Conducted one on-campus interview and one on-site interview.
Participated in 5 1:1 interviews in a single day, which was very exhaustive.
Each interview required writing code, answering general CS questions, design questions, and questions about past projects.
Questions
How would you design the RSS functionality for a cellphone if the cellphone is placed behind a firewall?
Implement a hash table using the programming language of your choice.
Implement Binary Sort and the partition function for Quicksort.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Microsoft Software Engineer Intern role in Mountain View, California.
Success Rate
Microsoft's interview process for their Software Engineer Intern roles in Mountain View, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Microsoft's Software Engineer Intern interview process in Mountain View, California.
Microsoft Work Experiences
- 1.0Free Food, Status, Office PoliticsSoftware Engineer Intern • Former EmployeeMountain View, California, United StatesSeptember 10, 2025Pros: Good pay, free food, status.Cons: Office politics, no power over anything.
- 4.0They load you with work if they know you can do itSoftware Engineer Intern • Former EmployeeHyderābād, Telangana, IndiaNovember 12, 2025Pros: Exponential learning if you are curious.Cons: If they know you can do it, they will create a fake emergency to make you do a lot more tasks than required.
- 5.0Employee Work ExperienceSoftware Engineer Intern • Former EmployeeHong Kong, ChinaNovember 7, 2025Pros: Good work-life balance. Good team.Cons: Nothing to complain about. Overall good.
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