Microsoft Software Engineer internship interview questions
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It was 4, 45 minutes session long interviews, ghe interviews where of easy to medium difficulty, A mix of behavioural and technical questions Going from easy to medium from first to 4th interview, last interview was with the Manager
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How will you propose a change to a team with members you don't understand the change but the change saves a lot of resources
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (El Cairo, ) in May 2021
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The interview process was very good,it's based on problem solving only,i have been asked in two problem,the interviewers were very friendly . The interview period was one hour and half splited on two sessions each one is 45 minutes.
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Two problem solving problems. The first one was on 2D arrays and the second one was on Linked list.
I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Microsoft (El Cairo, ) in Mar 2023
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They send you at first a link that you have 3 days to enter and complete a skills and coding exam. Some of the questions are conceptual then you take 2 coding challenges in any language
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Conceptual questions and coding challenges to code in any language