Microsoft

Software Engineer (Internship) Interview Experience

October 2, 2026

Positive ExperienceGot Offer

Process

First there was an OA. After about a month, I got invited to a superday with three 45-minute interviews: two were standard LeetCode-style coding questions, and one was more discussion-based, covering technical questions, questions about my experience, and more.

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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 Learning, Needed Support

Software Engineer (Internship) • Current Employee

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

August 27, 2020

Pros: Good salary and actual learning opportunity

Cons: Lack of documentation and need for more support.

Good Practical Work

Software Engineer (Internship) • Former Employee

Belgrade, 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, 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.

Supportive environment

Software Engineer (Internship) • Former Employee

August 26, 2026

Pros: It was a great and supportive experience, with a lot of guidance and mentorship.

Cons: I wasn’t particularly ecstatic about what my team worked on.

Supportive environment

Software Engineer (Internship) • Former Employee

August 26, 2026

Pros: It was a great and supportive experience, with a lot of guidance and mentorship.

Cons: I wasn’t particularly ecstatic about what my team worked on.

Good Learning, Needed Support

Software Engineer (Internship) • Current Employee

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, Egypt
August 27, 2020
Pros: Good salary and actual learning opportunity
Cons: Lack of documentation and need for more support.

Good Practical Work

Software Engineer (Internship) • Former Employee

Belgrade, 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, 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.

Supportive environment

Software Engineer (Internship) • Former Employee

August 26, 2026

Pros: It was a great and supportive experience, with a lot of guidance and mentorship.

Cons: I wasn’t particularly ecstatic about what my team worked on.

4.0
Supportive environment
Software Engineer (Internship) • Former Employee
Redmond, WA
August 26, 2026
Pros: It was a great and supportive experience, with a lot of guidance and mentorship.
Cons: I wasn’t particularly ecstatic about what my team worked on.

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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