Microsoft

Software Engineer (Internship) Interview Experience - Berkeley, California

September 1, 2019

Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The interview was held in person and was obtained through a referral. It was about an hour long and was divided into two stages:

The first 30 minutes were about experience, history, projects, and education. The second part consisted of two questions, with approximately 15 minutes allocated for each.

Time was definitely not enough to solve the questions, and the interviewer was quiet the entire time. It was a somewhat uncomfortable experience.

Questions

Develop a dictionary class from scratch.

Explain how hash buckets work and develop a hashing class.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 3 interview experiences for the Microsoft Software Engineer (Internship) role in Berkeley, California.

Success Rate

33%

Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive0%

Neutral67%

Negative33%

Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Microsoft's Software Engineer (Internship) interview process in Berkeley, California.

Microsoft Work Experiences

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.

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.

Great Balance, Work From Home

Software Engineer (SWE II) • Current Employee

Berkeley, California, United States

Pros: Work-life balance is great.

Cons: Work from home and hybrid

Great Balance, Work From Home

Software Engineer (SWE II) • Current Employee

Berkeley, California, United States

Pros: Work-life balance is great.

Cons: Work from home and hybrid

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.

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.

Great Balance, Work From Home

Software Engineer (SWE II) • Current Employee

Berkeley, California, United States

Pros: Work-life balance is great.

Cons: Work from home and hybrid

4.0
Great Balance, Work From Home
Software Engineer (SWE II) • Current Employee
Berkeley, California, United States
May 16, 2023
Pros: Work-life balance is great.
Cons: Work from home and hybrid

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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