Microsoft Software Engineer - Intern interview questions
based on 207 ratings - Updated May 11, 2026
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Software Engineer - Intern applicants have rated the interview process at Microsoft with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 71.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer - Intern roles take an average of 150 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Microsoft overall takes an average of 44 days.
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Phone interview: 33%
One on one interview: 33%
Skills test: 33%
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It was good, there was one DSA question and project related discussion. The DSA question was a medium level question based on linkedlist, apart from that I was asked about the tech stack of my project and the schema of the project.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (Tel Aviv) in Nov 2021
Interview
Through the call phone they asked me about my self and they ask me a 40kg stone riddle.
In the first technical interview they asked to write function that merges two linkedlists
I forget what they asked me in the second technical
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Sep 2021
Interview
1st round: 45 min behavioral + technical interview
2nd round: 2 back to back technical coding interviews, 1st interview was with a manager and 2nd interview was with a SWE. Mix of technical coding questions with emphasis on thought process more than code.
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Question 1
Question about past internships and resume.
Technical coding questions on common data structures.