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      Hardware Engineering Intern Interview

      Feb 22, 2012
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience

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      Hardware Engineering Intern Interview

      Nov 10, 2022
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Microsoft in Feb 2012

      Interview

      I submitted my resume at the college career fair, heard back about a week later from someone from Kelly Services (Microsoft's outsourced hiring people). The Kelly Services person didn't seem very organized. But, she did finally get me scheduled for a 30 minute phone interview. My resume & experience is geared towards a software position, but they set me up for a hardware interview, so it didn't go well. It was a 30 minute phone interview with a Microsoft employee that was very difficult to understand (and who had trouble understanding me). The questions were all on caches, pipelines, and basic logic design (most of the questions were simple, but not things I remembered). Between him asking "What did you say?" and me asking him "what did you say?" the 30 minutes went very quick, and wasn't very productive.

      Interview questions [4]

      Question 1

      Describe a cache.
      Answer question

      Question 2

      What's the difference between a flip-flop and a latch?
      1 Answer

      Question 3

      What are the cache coherency issues with DMA controller, and how can you solve these in your software?
      Answer question

      Question 4

      What are some issues with a pipeline?
      Answer question
      8

      I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft in Oct 2022

      Interview

      I had one 30 - minute interview. It was all technical and really straightforward. The interviewer was extremely nice. He asked questions from my resume and asked about my experiences and skills.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      What is the difference between an N-MOS and a P-MOS? How do they work? What happens when you apply a voltage to the gate of a P-MOS? What design decisions can you make while designing a PCBA that would reduce your power losses?
      Answer question

      Hardware Engineering Intern Interview

      Jan 5, 2021
      Anonymous employee
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Microsoft

      Interview

      45 minute on campus interview followed by a round-robin on-site interview, with everything payed for and even opportunities to explore the city. You should be very familiar with computer architecture, low-level software, computer systems, digital design, and design verification. Also, be prepared for behavioral questions and questions about your resume.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Draw and design the circuit and write SystemVerilog for a traffic controller.
      Answer question

      Hardware Engineering Intern Interview

      Dec 24, 2020
      Anonymous employee
      Redmond, WA
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Nov 2017

      Interview

      The interview process included one screening interview over the phone and a final round interview at the company headquarters in Redmond, WA. The final round consisted of 4 1 hour interviews back to back that consisted of both behavioral and technical questions related to the job description and role I applied for.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Can you describe the architecture of a computer?
      Answer question

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