Microsoft Software Engineer Internship interview questions
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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
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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).
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Microsoft (Mumbai) in Aug 2021
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This was campus internship hiring for 3rd year undergrads. There was a technical test involving 2 coding questions, one of which was fairly simple, and another was also fairly simple, if one had previous experience with coding questions. (I practiced on interviewbit.com, which was helpful to me. Its not a platform to compete like codeforces, but a collection of questions based on topics)
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Q1. A manager has a meeting schedule given in (startTime, endTime) pairs. Determine the total hrs he has to spend on these meetings. There can be overlap in between these meetings.