Microsoft Software Developer Intern interview questions
based on 207 ratings - Updated May 11, 2026
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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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Phone interview: 33%
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Skills test: 33%
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2 back to back interviews 45 min. Both technical.Asked me about my previous internship in detail. Also asked questions about oop concept. for Both interview i had to do pair Programming .And releases the result in two weeks.
Basic introductions and went over projects/prev exp listed on resume. Asked some questions related to Amazon LPs (behavioral part of interview) then asked easy technical question, topics were mostly focused on data structures and algorithms.
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Find the last element in a linked list and return it.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft in Jul 2023
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Asked a Microsoft-tagged LeetCode medium question with a few follow-ups on data structure. Talked about personal projects and previous experiences. Overall feeling smoothy and fun. The interviewer was supportive and what he said is easy to follow.
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Q: Give all of the permutations for a given non-repeated array.