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SDE Intern applicants have rated the interview process at Microsoft with 2.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 89% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.

How long does it take to get hired as a SDE Intern at Microsoft?

Candidates applying for SDE Intern roles take an average of 27 days to get hired, when considering 9 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Microsoft overall takes an average of 30 days.

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based on 104 ratings - Updated Jul 6, 2026

Average interview difficulty

Very positive interview experience

How others got an interview

63%
Campus Recruiting
Campus Recruiting
33%
Applied online
Applied online
3%
Employee Referral
Employee Referral
2%
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104 interviews

SDE-intern Interview

Apr 15, 2023

Anonymous employee

Accepted offer

Positive experience

Average interview

Application

I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft (Bengaluru) in Jun 2022

Interview

The interview was really smooth. It was an HR interview and I was asked some ML related questions since that is what I had mentioned in my resume. Also the interviewer was kind and encouraging.

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

Where do you see yourself 5 years down the road ?

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SDE-intern Interview

Apr 14, 2023

Anonymous Interview Candidate

No offer

Positive experience

Difficult interview

Application

I interviewed at Microsoft (Hyderābād)

Interview

Online assessment - 2 questions based on DP and binary search technical interview - 2 questions based on sliding window approach and one on stacks manager interview - discussion on projects and how to scale them

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

for technical interview - only dsa for manager round - discussion about projects and scaling

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SDE-intern Interview

Apr 8, 2023

Anonymous employee

Accepted offer

Positive experience

Average interview

Application

I interviewed at Microsoft (Bengaluru)

Interview

I got the internship using Microsoft Engage 2023. Initial selection was based on MCQ and algorithm test. After that one small project had to be done under the mentorship program. The topics were given. After that there were 2 rounds of interviews.

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

*1st round* Only 1 DSA question was asked. Nothing else. https://leetcode.com/problems/valid-parentheses/ *2nd round* Only 1 DSA question asked. Nothing else. Practical data was given, a graph consisting data of bandwidth per minute for 1day. Need to take input using the appropriate data structure and then find out the hour with the maximum number of peaks.

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