Microsoft

Software Engineer - Intern Interview Experience - United States

October 30, 2020

Positive ExperienceNo Response

Process

The initial phone call screen was pretty much all behavioral.

After that, there was a simple coding challenge question.

Then, about a week later, I was contacted to attend an onsite with about four rounds of coding questions.

Questions

Q: Teach us about a technical concept and pretend you're teaching it to a child.

Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 3 interview experiences for the Microsoft Software Engineer - Intern role in United States.

Success Rate

67%

Pass Rate

Microsoft's interview process for their Software Engineer - Intern roles in the United States is incredibly easy as the vast majority of engineers get an offer after going through it.

Experience Rating

Positive100%

Neutral0%

Negative0%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Microsoft's Software Engineer - Intern interview process in United States.

Microsoft Interview Questions

Minimum Edge Reversals So Every Node Is Reachable

Hard

You're given a directed graph. Determine the minimum number of edges you need to reverse so that every node becomes reachable from node 0.

GraphsDynamic Programming

Two Sum

Easy

Find two numbers in a given array that add up to a specific target value, and return their indices. Essentially, you need to efficiently locate the pair that satisfies the sum requirement.

ArraysStringsTwo Pointers

Valid Word

Easy

Determine if a given word is considered valid based on a specific set of rules or constraints. The goal is to check if the input string adheres to the specified validation criteria.

Strings