Microsoft Software Development Engineer(SDE) Intern interview questions
based on 39 ratings - Updated Jul 14, 2026
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Software Development Engineer(SDE) Intern applicants have rated the interview process at Microsoft with 2.6 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 60% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Development Engineer(SDE) Intern roles take an average of 16 days to get hired, when considering 5 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 Software Development Engineer(SDE) Intern according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 40%
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Other: 20%
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Via engage...mcq round then coding round...then hackathon...then aa round after that I got the internship.Some might also need to give an additional round of interview,however in my case only 1 round of hr like interview happened
I applied through other source. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft in Apr 2022
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The interview was scheduled after the completion of engage mentorship program which is organized every year in the month of march-April by Microsoft for 2nd year engineering students open for all the branches and for all colleges. My interview started 3 hours late because my interviewer has some work and in the end, they changed the interviewer. The interviewer was 50 aged person with 6 years of experience.
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Question 1
First Asked to give your intro briefly in 5 min.
Then he asked me about my experience in the one-month mentorship program, then he asked me to elaborately explain how I chose the topic and how I proceed and what technologies I used, and how I used them.
after 30 min discussion, he asked me if I have any questions for him.
At first i got selected in their Microsoft Engage Program.
They selected few member from there based of mentor's review. All the remaining students gone thorugh viva. There were 2 round of viva. I first round one medium question from tree was asked. In second round also same but i failed in second round.
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Question 1
1 . Boundary Traversal of a tree.
2 .Height Balanced Tree