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Software Engineer (Internship) Interview Experience - Bucharest, Romania

February 5, 2026

Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I applied online. The process took 3 weeks.

The interview process had 3 rounds.

First, it was a technical test with 2 coding problems.
Second, it was a phone interview for 30 minutes. For some reason, I haven't received one.
Third, it was a 3-round long interview with 45 minutes per round and a 15-minute break.

The first round, I had to solve a coding problem. After I was done, my problem was slightly modified and I was asked how to solve the modified version. The second round, I was asked about the projects from my CV and I was asked a data structure question (How to design a smart elevator). The third round included OOP basic questions. It was quite exhausting.

Questions

How to design a smart elevator?

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 4 interview experiences for the Microsoft Software Engineer (Internship) role in Bucharest, Bucharest.

Success Rate

0%

Pass Rate

Microsoft's interview process for their Software Engineer (Internship) roles in Bucharest, Bucharest is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive50%

Neutral50%

Negative0%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Microsoft's Software Engineer (Internship) interview process in Bucharest, Bucharest.

Microsoft Work Experiences

Good Practical Work

Software Engineer (Internship) • Former Employee

Belgrade, Central Serbia, Serbia

October 20, 2022

Pros: Working environment is perfect. People are friendly and ready to talk about work and hobbies in their free time. I have learned a lot during the internship, from practical coding skills to the theoretical background of distributed systems.

Cons: No cons for me at this internship.

Good Practical Work

Software Engineer (Internship) • Former Employee

Belgrade, Central Serbia, Serbia

October 20, 2022

Pros: Working environment is perfect. People are friendly and ready to talk about work and hobbies in their free time. I have learned a lot during the internship, from practical coding skills to the theoretical background of distributed systems.

Cons: No cons for me at this internship.

Good Learning, Needed Support

Software Engineer (Internship) • Current Employee

Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt

August 27, 2020

Pros: Good salary and actual learning opportunity

Cons: Lack of documentation and need for more support.

Good Learning, Needed Support

Software Engineer (Internship) • Current Employee

Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt

August 27, 2020

Pros: Good salary and actual learning opportunity

Cons: Lack of documentation and need for more support.

Hired only to be fired for budget reduction

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania

Pros: Good stock plan and decent benefits, but there is no guarantee you will take ownership of them.

Cons: - micro-management - late daily meetings (e.g., up to 9/9:30 pm) - on-call with frequent high-impact incidents - I was lied to during the interview; there would be no on-call, and the work would focus within the 9-6 window. - nepotism - The majority of the people are toxic, and the workplace is toxic. (e.g., people sabotage you to get promoted; they insult you, and the manager takes their side if they have more seniority in the company.) - I was fired during the probation period without notice or reason. They repeated that the law doesn't force them to give me a reason.

Hired only to be fired for budget reduction

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania

Pros: Good stock plan and decent benefits, but there is no guarantee you will take ownership of them.

Cons: - micro-management - late daily meetings (e.g., up to 9/9:30 pm) - on-call with frequent high-impact incidents - I was lied to during the interview; there would be no on-call, and the work would focus within the 9-6 window. - nepotism - The majority of the people are toxic, and the workplace is toxic. (e.g., people sabotage you to get promoted; they insult you, and the manager takes their side if they have more seniority in the company.) - I was fired during the probation period without notice or reason. They repeated that the law doesn't force them to give me a reason.

Good Practical Work

Software Engineer (Internship) • Former Employee

Belgrade, Central Serbia, Serbia

October 20, 2022

Pros: Working environment is perfect. People are friendly and ready to talk about work and hobbies in their free time. I have learned a lot during the internship, from practical coding skills to the theoretical background of distributed systems.

Cons: No cons for me at this internship.

5.0
Good Practical Work
Software Engineer (Internship) • Former Employee
Belgrade, Central Serbia, Serbia
October 20, 2022
Pros: Working environment is perfect. People are friendly and ready to talk about work and hobbies in their free time. I have learned a lot during the internship, from practical coding skills to the theoretical background of distributed systems.
Cons: No cons for me at this internship.

Good Learning, Needed Support

Software Engineer (Internship) • Current Employee

Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt

August 27, 2020

Pros: Good salary and actual learning opportunity

Cons: Lack of documentation and need for more support.

4.0
Good Learning, Needed Support
Software Engineer (Internship) • Current Employee
Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
August 27, 2020
Pros: Good salary and actual learning opportunity
Cons: Lack of documentation and need for more support.

Hired only to be fired for budget reduction

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania

Pros: Good stock plan and decent benefits, but there is no guarantee you will take ownership of them.

Cons: - micro-management - late daily meetings (e.g., up to 9/9:30 pm) - on-call with frequent high-impact incidents - I was lied to during the interview; there would be no on-call, and the work would focus within the 9-6 window. - nepotism - The majority of the people are toxic, and the workplace is toxic. (e.g., people sabotage you to get promoted; they insult you, and the manager takes their side if they have more seniority in the company.) - I was fired during the probation period without notice or reason. They repeated that the law doesn't force them to give me a reason.

1.0
Hired only to be fired for budget reduction
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
June 7, 2025
Pros: Good stock plan and decent benefits, but there is no guarantee you will take ownership of them.
Cons: - micro-management - late daily meetings (e.g., up to 9/9:30 pm) - on-call with frequent high-impact incidents - I was lied to during the interview; there would be no on-call, and the work would focus within the 9-6 window. - nepotism - The majority of the people are toxic, and the workplace is toxic. (e.g., people sabotage you to get promoted; they insult you, and the manager takes their side if they have more seniority in the company.) - I was fired during the probation period without notice or reason. They repeated that the law doesn't force them to give me a reason.

Microsoft Interview Questions

Minimum Edge Reversals So Every Node Is Reachable

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

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.

Valid Word

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.

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