Microsoft Software Engineer (internship) interview questions
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Had one phone round. Was asked questions based on coding knowledge and behavorial questions. Got to the final round where I had back to back interviews. Was asked questions about my resume.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Sep 2019
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One behavioral phone interview, asked a bunch of questions about projects that were listed on my resume. Then they gave me a free flight and stay to their campus in Redmond, WA for a couple rounds of technical questions.
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You have a sorted and rotated array {5,6,1,2,3,4}. Use binary search to find a specific number in it.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Microsoft
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I had an on campus interview about a month after I applied online. Two days after this I found out I made it to the final round. I was flown out to Redmond a few weeks later where they paid for my flights, food, and hotel. I had two interviews 45 min each and was only asked one coding question the whole time. Other questions were behavioral, about my resume, as well as a logical puzzle just to see how I think. Everyone was SO nice and I had an amazing interview experience. I found out 2 days after that that I got the job! I was over the moon about it but ultimately decided not to work there because I wanted to work for a smaller company. Thank you Microsoft for such a great experience!