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Microsoft Intern Software Developer interview questions

based on 209 ratings - Updated Jun 20, 2026

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57%
Applied online
Applied online
27%
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Campus Recruiting
10%
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Employee Referral
3%
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Recruiter
1%
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Other
1%
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209 interviews

Software Engineer Intern Interview

Sep 1, 2020

Anonymous Interview Candidate

Declined offer

Positive experience

Easy interview

Application

I interviewed at Microsoft

Interview

Much less technical than I had expected, they were more focused on finding out how you think rather than what you already know. Mostly behavioral questions with some technical questions scattered throughout.

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

Simple binary search question, more typical behavioral questions

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Software Developer Intern Interview

Aug 25, 2020

Anonymous Interview Candidate

No offer

Neutral experience

Easy interview

Application

I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Microsoft (Bengaluru) in Aug 2020

Interview

It all happened in one day only. We were called out at 10AM and it ended at 3AM the next day. There were 40 candidates in total out of which 25 were selected at the very end.

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

Check whether two binary trees are identical or not.

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Software Developer Intern Interview

Aug 15, 2020

Anonymous Interview Candidate

Declined offer

Positive experience

Average interview

Application

I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Microsoft (Seattle, WA) in Sep 2017

Interview

Initial phone screen with quick brain teaser question; on site interview scheduled a few weeks later with 4 rounds of standard whiteboard coding questions and a final interview with a project/hiring manager.

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

Fairly typical whiteboard questions ranging from very easy to moderately difficult. Mainly array/string manipulation & recursion

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