Microsoft

SWE Intern Interview Experience

February 26, 2021

Positive ExperienceGot Offer

Process

There was a thirty-five-minute phone call with a casual tone, focused on getting to know you. Then, there were coding problems. You had to solve them live in front of the hiring team to showcase your problem-solving abilities and logical thinking.

Questions

How would you describe a computer to a child?

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 76 interview experiences for the Microsoft SWE Intern role in United States.

Success Rate

45%

Pass Rate

Microsoft's interview process for their SWE Intern roles in the United States is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive78%

Neutral16%

Negative7%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Microsoft's SWE Intern interview process in United States.

Microsoft Work Experiences

Great Environment, Hectic For Freshers

SWE Intern • Former Employee

Hyderābād, Telangana, India

Pros: A very good environment to prosper.

Cons: A little hectic for freshers.

Great Environment, Hectic For Freshers

SWE Intern • Former Employee

Hyderābād, Telangana, India

Pros: A very good environment to prosper.

Cons: A little hectic for freshers.

Excellent company culture

SWE Intern • Current Employee

Pros: - Easy to disconnect from work. - Well-paced sprints.

Cons: - Older demographic, not as much of a "new grad" place.

Excellent company culture

SWE Intern • Current Employee

Pros: - Easy to disconnect from work. - Well-paced sprints.

Cons: - Older demographic, not as much of a "new grad" place.

Friendly Team, Lacked Skills

SWE Intern • Current Employee

Suzhou, Jiangsu, China

Pros: Very WLB team and friendly colleagues.

Cons: Didn't get a chance to learn much technical skills.

Friendly Team, Lacked Skills

SWE Intern • Current Employee

Suzhou, Jiangsu, China

Pros: Very WLB team and friendly colleagues.

Cons: Didn't get a chance to learn much technical skills.

Great Environment, Hectic For Freshers

SWE Intern • Former Employee

Hyderābād, Telangana, India

Pros: A very good environment to prosper.

Cons: A little hectic for freshers.

5.0
Great Environment, Hectic For Freshers
SWE Intern • Former Employee
Hyderābād, Telangana, India
April 24, 2025
Pros: A very good environment to prosper.
Cons: A little hectic for freshers.

Excellent company culture

SWE Intern • Current Employee

Pros: - Easy to disconnect from work. - Well-paced sprints.

Cons: - Older demographic, not as much of a "new grad" place.

5.0
Excellent company culture
SWE Intern • Current Employee
July 11, 2022
Pros: - Easy to disconnect from work. - Well-paced sprints.
Cons: - Older demographic, not as much of a "new grad" place.

Friendly Team, Lacked Skills

SWE Intern • Current Employee

Suzhou, Jiangsu, China

Pros: Very WLB team and friendly colleagues.

Cons: Didn't get a chance to learn much technical skills.

5.0
Friendly Team, Lacked Skills
SWE Intern • Current Employee
Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
March 6, 2023
Pros: Very WLB team and friendly colleagues.
Cons: Didn't get a chance to learn much technical skills.

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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