Microsoft

Software Engineer (Internship) Interview Experience - Seattle, Washington

September 1, 2022

Positive ExperienceGot Offer

Process

Resume Screen (Sept 20) HR Phone (Oct 2)

Two 45-minute technical interviews on the same day:

One standard LeetCode medium question
One more open-ended design question

Offer.

Questions

Leetcode Maximum Subarray (Dynamic Programming)

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 35 interview experiences for the Microsoft Software Engineer (Internship) role in Seattle, Washington.

Success Rate

37%

Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive89%

Neutral11%

Negative0%

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

One of the best experiences a 20-year-old geek can have

Software Development Engineer • Former Employee

Seattle, Washington, United States

December 12, 2012

Pros: Great people, lot of opportunities, and a lot of interesting projects.

Cons: Too many meetings and no food during the evenings.

One of the best experiences a 20-year-old geek can have

Software Development Engineer • Former Employee

Seattle, Washington, United States

December 12, 2012

Pros: Great people, lot of opportunities, and a lot of interesting projects.

Cons: Too many meetings and no food during the evenings.

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.

One of the best experiences a 20-year-old geek can have

Software Development Engineer • Former Employee

Seattle, Washington, United States

December 12, 2012

Pros: Great people, lot of opportunities, and a lot of interesting projects.

Cons: Too many meetings and no food during the evenings.

4.0
One of the best experiences a 20-year-old geek can have
Software Development Engineer • Former Employee
Seattle, Washington, United States
December 12, 2012
Pros: Great people, lot of opportunities, and a lot of interesting projects.
Cons: Too many meetings and no food during the evenings.

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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