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Microsoft Software Developer Engineer interview questions

based on 2.4K ratings - Updated Jun 20, 2026

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41%
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28%
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Campus Recruiting
16%
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Recruiter
11%
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Employee Referral
2%
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In Person
1%
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Other
1%
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Software Engineer Interview

Oct 9, 2017

Anonymous Interview Candidate

No offer

Neutral experience

Average interview

Application

I interviewed at Microsoft

Interview

Spoke with a recruiter at the career fair and was contacted to set up a phone interview. The phone interview was fairly easy, they take up to 3 weeks to contact after interview.

Interview questions [2]

Question 1

Behavioral questions (describe a challenge you've faced, describe a time you've disagreed with your boss, etc.)

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Question 2

Find the median of an array

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Software Engineer Interview

Oct 4, 2017

Anonymous Interview Candidate

No offer

Neutral experience

Easy interview

Application

I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft in Sep 2017

Interview

it was campus interview and basically the recruiters came to the campus to select resumes, and give a campus interview. The interview was fast and never hear back from 2ed round

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

technical question and a little bit behavioral question

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Software Engineer Interview

Oct 2, 2017

Anonymous employee

Accepted offer

Positive experience

Difficult interview

Application

I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Microsoft

Interview

Microsoft flew me up to Redmond, WA and paid for all expenses and lodging. Interviewing took place in one day with 4 back to back technical interviews. Overall a very positive experience.

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

Each interview had a technical question or two. Focused primarily on data structures and algorithms.

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