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      Software Engineer Internship Interview

      Feb 27, 2013
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      La Jolla, CA
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through college or university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (La Jolla, CA) in Feb 2013

      Interview

      Talked to recruiters at a job fair. Got an email three days later for an on campus interview. Responded and signed up for an interview slot on their website. Interview was about 25 mins, starting off with a couple behavioral questions and questions about my resume. Ended with a short technical question, which the interviewer asked me to test afterwards.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Given an array of characters, compress the array in a way such that [aBBBAAaaa] becomes [a1B3A2a3].
      1 Answer

      Other Software Engineer Internship Interview Reviews for Microsoft

      Software Engineer(Internship) Interview

      Jun 1, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Microsoft

      Interview

      The hiring process consists of a HackerRank home exam, followed by three technical interviews covering LeetCode-style problems and system architecture. Once this is done, you will have a final HR interview.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      I had a technical interview where I was asked to solve the classic 'Climbing Stairs' problem (LeetCode #70), which is a dynamic programming question based on the Fibonacci sequence.
      Answer question

      Software Engineer(Internship) Interview

      May 30, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Cairo, Cairo Governorate
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Microsoft (Cairo, Cairo Governorate)

      Interview

      One HR interview, then two problem-solving interviews (beginer level) on HackerRank. You can choose the best programming language for you to use in solving problems. You should think out loud to enable your interviewer to understand how you would think to solve the problem.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Find the lowest difference between two numbers in a list
      Answer question

      Software Engineer(Internship) Interview

      May 23, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Tel Aviv-Yafo
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Microsoft (Tel Aviv-Yafo)

      Interview

      hr reached to me on linkedIn and sent me Take-home assignment hosted on HackerRank. I had about 10 days to complete. The test included 1 medium/easy question and one hard question with style of LeetCode 3162 and 2080 (Range Frequency Queries)

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      hard question with style of LeetCode 3162 and 2080 (Range Frequency Queries)
      Answer question

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