Microsoft

SWE Intern Interview Experience - United States

November 1, 2024

Positive ExperienceNo Response

Process

No OA and one back-to-back interview cycle with two simple LeetCode problems, each with two different engineers. A couple of questions on behavior at the end, asking about working in a team setting and applying a growth mindset.

Questions

Name one time you demonstrated growth mindset.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 75 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

Positive77%

Neutral16%

Negative7%

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

Microsoft Interview Questions

Minimum Edge Reversals So Every Node Is Reachable

Hard

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

Easy

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.

ArraysStringsTwo Pointers

Valid Word

Easy

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.

Strings