Microsoft

Software Engineer (Internship) Interview Experience

January 22, 2026

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The process was a HackerRank online assessment, which was followed by two back-to-back interviews. Each interview included a mix of behavioral questions and live coding problems. After the live coding portion, the interviewer asked to analyze the time and space complexity of the solution.

Questions

Check if a given array represents a postorder traversal of a binary search tree.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 847 interview experiences for the Microsoft Software Engineer (Internship) role.

Success Rate

34%

Pass Rate

Microsoft's interview process for their Software Engineer (Internship) roles is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive73%

Neutral21%

Negative5%

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

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.

Great Company, Great Benefits!

Engineering Manager • Former Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: Great company to work for. They take care of you. They have a humane approach to people management.

Cons: Slow career growth overall. You have to be self-motivated to grow.

Great Company, Great Benefits!

Engineering Manager • Former Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: Great company to work for. They take care of you. They have a humane approach to people management.

Cons: Slow career growth overall. You have to be self-motivated to grow.

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.

Great Company, Great Benefits!

Engineering Manager • Former Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pros: Great company to work for. They take care of you. They have a humane approach to people management.

Cons: Slow career growth overall. You have to be self-motivated to grow.

5.0
Great Company, Great Benefits!
Engineering Manager • Former Employee
Redmond, Washington, United States
June 19, 2025
Pros: Great company to work for. They take care of you. They have a humane approach to people management.
Cons: Slow career growth overall. You have to be self-motivated to grow.

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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