Microsoft Software Engineer internship interview questions
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I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft (Nairobi) in Oct 2022
Interview
The interviewers are very friendly. I settled down and had a discussion sort of interview. I tried to engage the interviewers in my solution derivation process. Overall a very nice experience
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1.Find height of tree 2. Find first non repeating character in a string 3. How to find sum of a very large number represented as a string
Phone call then a Final round with 2 45 minute interviews. Process lasted 4 weeks total, very clear on the steps. They got back to me within a week of the final round.
I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft (Atlanta, GA) in Sep 2022
Interview
A behavioral phone call screening and then a coding round with 2 sections with different interviewers. Very technically heavy with little conversation. Asked technical questions and then live coding. Difficulty is up to the interviewers discretion.
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Describe some search algorithms. Describe the lock and key algorithm.