Microsoft

Software Engineer (Internship) Interview Experience

August 1, 2020

Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I did a virtual interview and went through two questions, only getting through one. I applied through recommendations from fellow students early in the process, before the major career fairs, which was nice. The interviewer was nice, but the problems were difficult.

Questions

Asked a regex question involving dynamic programming.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 383 interview experiences for the Microsoft Software Engineer (Internship) role in United States.

Success Rate

37%

Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive70%

Neutral24%

Negative6%

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

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.

Good Company, Low Benefits

Data Engineer • Current Employee

Usab, United States

Pros: Good company, good salary, awesome employers.

Cons: No benefits and too much work.

Good Company, Low Benefits

Data Engineer • Current Employee

Usab, United States

Pros: Good company, good salary, awesome employers.

Cons: No benefits and too much work.

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.

Good Company, Low Benefits

Data Engineer • Current Employee

Usab, United States

Pros: Good company, good salary, awesome employers.

Cons: No benefits and too much work.

4.0
Good Company, Low Benefits
Data Engineer • Current Employee
Usab, United States
March 7, 2024
Pros: Good company, good salary, awesome employers.
Cons: No benefits and too much work.

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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