Microsoft

Software Engineer (Internship) Interview Experience - Redmond, Washington

November 1, 2024

Positive ExperienceGot Offer

Process

Applied online in August and received an interview request in October. There was almost a month between the interview request and the interview itself.

The interview consisted of two back-to-back 45-minute sessions with a 15-minute break in between.

The interview structure was approximately:

10 minutes for behavioral questions
30 minutes for technical questions
The last 5 minutes for any additional FAQs

Questions

Find the height of a binary tree.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 102 interview experiences for the Microsoft Software Engineer (Internship) role in Redmond, Washington.

Success Rate

66%

Pass Rate

Microsoft's interview process for their Software Engineer (Internship) roles in Redmond, Washington is incredibly easy as the vast majority of engineers get an offer after going through it.

Experience Rating

Positive83%

Neutral13%

Negative4%

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

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.

Great at first, horrible at the end

Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II • Former Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

September 24, 2014

Pros: Microsoft used to be the kind of company where you could really excel with original thinking and hard work.

Cons: The company is moving in a direction in which they don't value the quality of their products. The focus has become 'ship, ship, ship; we'll fix bugs later,' but that doesn't happen.

Great at first, horrible at the end

Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II • Former Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

September 24, 2014

Pros: Microsoft used to be the kind of company where you could really excel with original thinking and hard work.

Cons: The company is moving in a direction in which they don't value the quality of their products. The focus has become 'ship, ship, ship; we'll fix bugs later,' but that doesn't happen.

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.

Great at first, horrible at the end

Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II • Former Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

September 24, 2014

Pros: Microsoft used to be the kind of company where you could really excel with original thinking and hard work.

Cons: The company is moving in a direction in which they don't value the quality of their products. The focus has become 'ship, ship, ship; we'll fix bugs later,' but that doesn't happen.

3.0
Great at first, horrible at the end
Software Development Engineer In Test (SDET) II • Former Employee
Redmond, Washington, United States
September 24, 2014
Pros: Microsoft used to be the kind of company where you could really excel with original thinking and hard work.
Cons: The company is moving in a direction in which they don't value the quality of their products. The focus has become 'ship, ship, ship; we'll fix bugs later,' but that doesn't happen.

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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