Microsoft Software Development Engineer (SDE) Intern interview questions
based on 38 ratings - Updated Sep 9, 2025
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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 66.3% 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.
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Round 1 : Online Assesment (2 Coding questions on codility)
One question brute force on strings , second one was from binary search
Round 2 : 2 Interviews , One technical , One HR round
2 rounds. First round of DSA + OS, 2nd round on partly HR, OOPS and DSA concepts. Coding question only in 1st round. Array based, locks in OS, virtual functions based questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Mutex locks discussion in OS
2. Virtual Functions in C++
3. Project discussion
4. Question on sorted array.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Microsoft in Oct 2023
Interview
It was quite good ..
Interviewers were friendly ..
My first round interview started a little bit late but interviewer was really helpful ..
Got call for second interview after around 2 hours , the interviewer was senior developer with 18 years of experience ..