Microsoft

Software Engineer (Internship) Interview Experience - Israel

March 2, 2021

Positive ExperienceGot Offer

Process

30 min interview in English not technical but more personal. Asked me a few simple questions to get an understanding of my personality and way of thinking. Very nice and easy way to start the process.

Questions

Explain recursion to a 5 year old.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 82 interview experiences for the Microsoft Software Engineer (Internship) role in Israel.

Success Rate

17%

Pass Rate

Microsoft's interview process for their Software Engineer (Internship) roles in Israel is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive70%

Neutral27%

Negative4%

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

Microsoft Work Experiences

Very nice place

Data Engineer • Current Employee

Israel, Israel, Israel

November 7, 2025

Pros: A very nice place for vendors.

Cons: Can be hard to get to FTE.

Very nice place

Data Engineer • Current Employee

Israel, Israel, Israel

November 7, 2025

Pros: A very nice place for vendors.

Cons: Can be hard to get to FTE.

Good benefits. Competition over acknowledgment was noticeable, in my opinion

Software Engineer II • Former Employee

October 28, 2025

Pros: Good benefits, health care, and work-life balance.

Cons: Cross-group communication could improve, and cross-team communication as well. Sometimes, it felt like employees competed against each other for acknowledgment ("my features, my presentation, my impact..."), rather than as a group with a shared goal. Considerable aspects of the product were not documented. In my opinion, documentation was generally lacking.

Good benefits. Competition over acknowledgment was noticeable, in my opinion

Software Engineer II • Former Employee

October 28, 2025

Pros: Good benefits, health care, and work-life balance.

Cons: Cross-group communication could improve, and cross-team communication as well. Sometimes, it felt like employees competed against each other for acknowledgment ("my features, my presentation, my impact..."), rather than as a group with a shared goal. Considerable aspects of the product were not documented. In my opinion, documentation was generally lacking.

A lot of politics and bureaucracy instead of getting things done

Software Engineer • Current Employee

October 24, 2025

Pros: Benefits and overall experience of the office and opportunities to learn

Cons: Very hard to make things happen. Bureaucracy adds a lot of overhead to delivery. Cold atmosphere.

A lot of politics and bureaucracy instead of getting things done

Software Engineer • Current Employee

October 24, 2025

Pros: Benefits and overall experience of the office and opportunities to learn

Cons: Very hard to make things happen. Bureaucracy adds a lot of overhead to delivery. Cold atmosphere.

Very nice place

Data Engineer • Current Employee

Israel, Israel, Israel

November 7, 2025

Pros: A very nice place for vendors.

Cons: Can be hard to get to FTE.

5.0
Very nice place
Data Engineer • Current Employee
Israel, Israel, Israel
November 7, 2025
Pros: A very nice place for vendors.
Cons: Can be hard to get to FTE.

Good benefits. Competition over acknowledgment was noticeable, in my opinion

Software Engineer II • Former Employee

October 28, 2025

Pros: Good benefits, health care, and work-life balance.

Cons: Cross-group communication could improve, and cross-team communication as well. Sometimes, it felt like employees competed against each other for acknowledgment ("my features, my presentation, my impact..."), rather than as a group with a shared goal. Considerable aspects of the product were not documented. In my opinion, documentation was generally lacking.

3.0
Good benefits. Competition over acknowledgment was noticeable, in my opinion
Software Engineer II • Former Employee
Israel, Israel
October 28, 2025
Pros: Good benefits, health care, and work-life balance.
Cons: Cross-group communication could improve, and cross-team communication as well. Sometimes, it felt like employees competed against each other for acknowledgment ("my features, my presentation, my impact..."), rather than as a group with a shared goal. Considerable aspects of the product were not documented. In my opinion, documentation was generally lacking.

A lot of politics and bureaucracy instead of getting things done

Software Engineer • Current Employee

October 24, 2025

Pros: Benefits and overall experience of the office and opportunities to learn

Cons: Very hard to make things happen. Bureaucracy adds a lot of overhead to delivery. Cold atmosphere.

3.0
A lot of politics and bureaucracy instead of getting things done
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Israel, Israel
October 24, 2025
Pros: Benefits and overall experience of the office and opportunities to learn
Cons: Very hard to make things happen. Bureaucracy adds a lot of overhead to delivery. Cold atmosphere.

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.

ArraysStringsTwo Pointers

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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