Microsoft

Software Engineer (Internship) Interview Experience - Redmond, Washington

September 1, 2017

Positive ExperienceGot Offer

Process

I was interviewed twice:

Once on my school campus
Once at the Microsoft Redmond campus

Everyone was overall super nice.

The school interview was not very stressful. The one at the Microsoft campus, well, they paid for everything and were super nice overall.

I had four interviews back-to-back. They were pretty nerve-wracking, but everyone was super nice overall.

Questions

Algorithm questions:

Fibonacci sequence
Linked lists
Array manipulation
Breadth-first search on graphs
A dynamic programming problem involving word permutations

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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 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.

Avoid ads and all Bing-related

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

January 17, 2025

Pros: Ads is a mature area, so there are some relevant openings on the market. There used to be good job security, but recently layoffs have occurred, so we will see.

Cons: A lot of reorgs. Everyone has a lot of workload. Most people have to collaborate with teams at different time zones, meaning meetings in the evenings. No respect to boundaries. The managers are super mean. No time for learning. The work is just implementation, so you cannot grow. People work so hard, but revenue cannot beat.

Avoid ads and all Bing-related

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

January 17, 2025

Pros: Ads is a mature area, so there are some relevant openings on the market. There used to be good job security, but recently layoffs have occurred, so we will see.

Cons: A lot of reorgs. Everyone has a lot of workload. Most people have to collaborate with teams at different time zones, meaning meetings in the evenings. No respect to boundaries. The managers are super mean. No time for learning. The work is just implementation, so you cannot grow. People work so hard, but revenue cannot beat.

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.

Avoid ads and all Bing-related

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Redmond, Washington, United States

January 17, 2025

Pros: Ads is a mature area, so there are some relevant openings on the market. There used to be good job security, but recently layoffs have occurred, so we will see.

Cons: A lot of reorgs. Everyone has a lot of workload. Most people have to collaborate with teams at different time zones, meaning meetings in the evenings. No respect to boundaries. The managers are super mean. No time for learning. The work is just implementation, so you cannot grow. People work so hard, but revenue cannot beat.

2.0
Avoid ads and all Bing-related
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Redmond, Washington, United States
January 17, 2025
Pros: Ads is a mature area, so there are some relevant openings on the market. There used to be good job security, but recently layoffs have occurred, so we will see.
Cons: A lot of reorgs. Everyone has a lot of workload. Most people have to collaborate with teams at different time zones, meaning meetings in the evenings. No respect to boundaries. The managers are super mean. No time for learning. The work is just implementation, so you cannot grow. People work so hard, but revenue cannot beat.

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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