Microsoft Software Engineer Internship interview questions
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It was a string problem. The problem wasn't too hard, and the interviewer was patient. I did not have to actually use the test cases. The interviewer just asked me to talk it through.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Oct 2019
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This was before COVID. The interview was on-site, but when I arrived they said they were either running behind on interviews or didn't have enough interviewers. They had not informed me about this. They ended up rescheduling my interview for three hours later. That was incredibly annoying, and I felt pretty disrespected the whole time I was there.
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Microsoft (Seattle, WA) in Jan 2022
Interview
First screening interview with the recruiter.
She asked background questions and few easy technical questions
It was a phone interview, and it took like 15 minutes. She said she will contact in a month, but she haven’t contacted me over two months, and I am still waiting.