Microsoft Software Developer Intern interview questions
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Software Developer 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 Developer 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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2 rounds of online interview in total. The first round covered implementation of ML metrics and the second round covered past projects. The process was very quick. I got the offer in four business days.
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Talk about your research projects. What are the limitations and how do you plan to improve them.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Microsoft (Herzliya)
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1. Online Application & Resume Screening
2. Online Assessment - two LeetCode style questions
3. Onsite Interviews (Technical and Behavioral)- Each round focuses on coding, algorithms, and sometimes system design. Expect whiteboard coding or solving problems in real-time on a collaborative coding platform.
Behavioral Interview: This round assesses how you fit with Microsoft's culture. Questions may revolve around teamwork, leadership experiences, how you handle challenges, and examples of how you’ve worked in teams. Microsoft values its core principles, and this is an opportunity for you to demonstrate how you align with their values.
4. Final Interview and Feedback- with manager
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"Given an array of integers, return the indices of the two numbers that add up to a specific target."
Example: Input: nums = [2, 7, 11, 15], target = 9
Output: [0, 1]
Explanation: nums[0] + nums[1] = 2 + 7 = 9
three technical interviews in one day, the first interview was on system design - one question , the second one was on problem solving, and the third one was also on system design.
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to design a product the manages the user stream accounts, such as disney+, netflix.....