Microsoft

Software Engineer (Internship) Interview Experience

September 28, 2021

Positive ExperienceGot Offer

Process

Two interviews were conducted, each lasting 45 minutes.

These interviews involved both coding problems and behavioral questions.

It was an online interview.

I was instructed to open an IDE on my PC and begin implementing the coding problem.

Questions

Generate a random number between 1 and 9 when you can generate random numbers from 1 to 7.

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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 Work, Bad Management/pay

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: Top-tier company with good work in pockets.

Cons: Management and compensation numbers are bad if you stay for some time.

Good Work, Bad Management/pay

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: Top-tier company with good work in pockets.

Cons: Management and compensation numbers are bad if you stay for some time.

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 Work, Bad Management/pay

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: Top-tier company with good work in pockets.

Cons: Management and compensation numbers are bad if you stay for some time.

1.0
Good Work, Bad Management/pay
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Hyderābād
May 22, 2025
Pros: Top-tier company with good work in pockets.
Cons: Management and compensation numbers are bad if you stay for some time.

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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