Microsoft Software Engineer (internship) interview questions
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Question 1
I was asked a question based on an N-ary tree
which I couldn't solve in that given 45mins
so, that's that
I received a online coding challenge and shortly after had a 30 minute interview with resume questions and one simple coding question. Next round was 2 back to back 45 minute technical interviews with 1 involved coding question each.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft in Jan 2021
Interview
a Home test and a HR interview, there are 3 more interviews (i didn't pass the first one).
The home page include a sorting question, dividing big numbers (by shift right).
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