Microsoft

Software Engineer (Internship) Interview Experience

September 6, 2026

Positive ExperienceGot Offer

Process

There were 3 interviews (45 minutes each): one behavioral, one OOP, and one algorithmic. The interviewers were very nice and reassuring. Between talking and solving the tasks, I was also asked things from different subjects like Operating Systems.

Questions

The OOP interviewer had me design a "bank account", but it was very simplistic.

The Algo interview was basically implementing a Trie data structure.

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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.

Decent place with layers of bureaucracy

Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) • Former Employee

Hyderābād, Telangana, India

December 8, 2014

Pros: Things are changing. Microsoft is slow but steady, and hopefully, it will be good. Great perks.

Cons: A great man said that bureaucracy is a place where work is considered done when you put it on someone else's plate. Nothing describes it better for Microsoft. Perks are coming down.

Decent place with layers of bureaucracy

Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) • Former Employee

Hyderābād, Telangana, India

December 8, 2014

Pros: Things are changing. Microsoft is slow but steady, and hopefully, it will be good. Great perks.

Cons: A great man said that bureaucracy is a place where work is considered done when you put it on someone else's plate. Nothing describes it better for Microsoft. Perks are coming down.

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.

Decent place with layers of bureaucracy

Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) • Former Employee

Hyderābād, Telangana, India

December 8, 2014

Pros: Things are changing. Microsoft is slow but steady, and hopefully, it will be good. Great perks.

Cons: A great man said that bureaucracy is a place where work is considered done when you put it on someone else's plate. Nothing describes it better for Microsoft. Perks are coming down.

3.0
Decent place with layers of bureaucracy
Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) • Former Employee
Hyderābād, Telangana, India
December 8, 2014
Pros: Things are changing. Microsoft is slow but steady, and hopefully, it will be good. Great perks.
Cons: A great man said that bureaucracy is a place where work is considered done when you put it on someone else's plate. Nothing describes it better for Microsoft. Perks are coming down.

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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