Process
It consisted of two technical rounds, each lasting 45 minutes to 1 hour. The interviewer asked about concepts from OOPs, OS, CNS fundamentals, and DSA (including topics like DP, Heap, and Priority Queue).
Questions
One of the questions was: In a city, songs are played based on their trending popularity. Each song is assigned a unique rank number, with the most popular song having the highest priority. As songs trend upward or downward, their ranks change dynamically. Which data structure would be most suitable to represent and manage the songs?
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 53 interview experiences for the Microsoft SWE Intern role in India.
Success Rate
Microsoft's interview process for their SWE Intern roles in India is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Microsoft's SWE Intern interview process in India.
Microsoft Work Experiences
- 5.0Great Food, Helpful StaffSWE Intern • Former EmployeeBengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaJuly 16, 2025Pros: Good food, environment, and helpful staff.Cons: Nothing, all are helpful and good.
- 5.0Amazing Culture, Felt TeamSWE Intern • Former EmployeeHyderābād, Telangana, IndiaAugust 19, 2022Pros: Amazing work culture. I felt like part of the team.Cons: No cons faced as such.
- 2.0Good Pay, Incompetent TeamSWE Intern • Current EmployeeSeptember 6, 2022Pros: 1. Good pay as an internCons: 1. Most people there don't know what they are doing. 2. Lots of BS workplace politics.
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