So, first of all I was asked about my introduction, and what are my interests. Then my technical interview began with one question of Arrays, it was a medium level question. First, I had to think about the brute approach and then think about how to optimize it. My interviewer expected me to write an end to end code, it varies depending upon the interviewer. After writing the code it was time to review and run the code.
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Merge Interval (Given an array of intervals where intervals[i] = [starti, endi], merge all overlapping intervals, and return an array of the non-overlapping intervals that cover all the intervals in the input.)
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Microsoft
Interview
started with an intro, then was asked a basic few questions about the resume and then was asked to solve a leetcode problem. it was a medium problem on dynamic programming on strings.
3 back-to-back 45 mins interviews. Interviewers were very nice and it’s important to master behaviorals. I was asked some product sense questions too as I applied for a product manager role.
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Question 1
Why Microsoft? When was the time you faced a challenge and how did you overcome?
first round was resume shortlist, didn't even shortlist profile for 2nd round, no interview furthermore. I have an excellent resume. They shortlisted half of the students for the next round
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Summer Intern applicants have rated the interview process at Microsoft with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 69% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Summer Intern roles take an average of 28 days to get hired, when considering 18 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Microsoft overall takes an average of 30 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Microsoft as a Summer Intern according to 18 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 21%
One on one interview: 21%
Skills test: 18%
Personality test: 12%
IQ intelligence test: 9%
Background check: 6%
Presentation: 6%
Group panel interview: 3%
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