Software Engineer (Internship) Interview Experience
January 24, 2019
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer
Process
Applied via a university career fair and had an onsite interview with a Microsoft software engineer.
The 30-minute interview consisted of:
- Talking about my resume for 5 minutes
- One coding question for 25 minutes
Two weeks later, I received an email stating that I was rejected.
Questions
Read the given string and print out how many same characters are in the string.
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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
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.
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.
3.0
Big Company, Little Growth
Software Development Engineer (SDE) • Current Employee
West, United States
June 11, 2025
Pros: Big company, not much work pressure.
Cons: not much to learn and grow
- 5.0Good Practical WorkSoftware Engineer (Internship) • Former EmployeeBelgrade, Central Serbia, SerbiaOctober 20, 2022Pros: 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.
- 4.0Good Learning, Needed SupportSoftware Engineer (Internship) • Current EmployeeCairo, Cairo Governorate, EgyptAugust 27, 2020Pros: Good salary and actual learning opportunityCons: Lack of documentation and need for more support.
- 3.0Big Company, Little GrowthSoftware Development Engineer (SDE) • Current EmployeeWest, United StatesJune 11, 2025Pros: Big company, not much work pressure.Cons: not much to learn and grow
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