Microsoft

Software Engineer (Internship) Interview Experience - Portugal

March 15, 2022

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Process

The interview process was long, but very fair, and I received a lot of help from the company. It involved a mix of technical and behavioral interviews, following an online assessment. The questions focused mainly on algorithms and data structures, with some system design topics included as well.

Questions

What is a problem that you would solve in the world right now with software?

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the Microsoft Software Engineer (Internship) role in Portugal.

Success Rate

50%

Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive100%

Neutral0%

Negative0%

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

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.

Internship at Microsoft

Software Developer • Current Employee

Lisbon, Lisbon District, Portugal

Pros: Intelligent people and a nice place to have an internship.

Cons: Too hard to adapt to the speed.

Internship at Microsoft

Software Developer • Current Employee

Lisbon, Lisbon District, Portugal

Pros: Intelligent people and a nice place to have an internship.

Cons: Too hard to adapt to the speed.

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.

Internship at Microsoft

Software Developer • Current Employee

Lisbon, Lisbon District, Portugal

Pros: Intelligent people and a nice place to have an internship.

Cons: Too hard to adapt to the speed.

5.0
Internship at Microsoft
Software Developer • Current Employee
Lisbon, Lisbon District, Portugal
April 5, 2025
Pros: Intelligent people and a nice place to have an internship.
Cons: Too hard to adapt to the speed.

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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