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.
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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Firslty there was a Coding round. In which questions of dsa were asked for which u have to write the code. after u get shortlisted in the coding round technical interview is taken in this interview the interviewer see how much u know about computer. asks questions about dsa, dbms and give coding questions to solve to see your approach and thinking.
There were online coding tests, and then they emailed m e to schedule an interview. This was followed by the virtual interview. During the interview, I was asked to solve one leetcode style question and then 2-3 behavioral questions. Pretty straightforward.
I applied through college or university. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Microsoft (Durgapur, West Bengal) in Sep 2020
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1) Online Coding Round which consists of 3 coding questions for 90 minutes
2) Technical - 1 Interview where they ask about your projects and make you solve one coding question
3) Technical - 2 Interview A similar round which could include a system design question and some theory questions.
4) HR Interview Round