Software Engineer (Internship) Interview Experience
Process
The hiring process starts with an initial phone interview or on-campus interview, which could be either behavioral (mostly phone interview) or coding (on campus) interview. If you qualify the first round, the next few rounds will be onsite at their Redmond campus. It will be a series of 4 interviews with different teams in the same domain, e.g., cloud and enterprise - SQL Server, Azure Storage, etc.
Questions
Explain recursion to a five-year-old.
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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
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
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Microsoft's Software Engineer (Internship) interview process in United States.
Microsoft Work Experiences
- 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.
- 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.
- 5.0Worked very well as a student partnerSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeWest, United StatesMay 7, 2021Pros: Nice communication, good working area.Cons: I worked as a student partner.
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