Microsoft Software Development Engineer SDE Intern interview questions
based on 38 ratings - Updated Sep 9, 2025
Averageinterview difficulty
Very positiveinterview experience
How others got an interview
64%
Campus Recruiting
Campus Recruiting
32%
Applied online
Applied online
4%
Other
Other
Interview search
38 interviews
Viewing 6 - 10 of 38 Interviews
Microsoft interviews FAQs
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%
Presentation: 20%
One on one interview: 20%
Other: 20%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
Coding questions on data structures and algorithms, behavioral questions, and potential questions about your projects and experience, along with some system design questions.During the online assessment phase of the Microsoft internship interview, I faced two medium-level coding questions.
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Feb 2024
Interview
On the day of the interview, 2 rounds held in the same day - each were a mix of both behavioral as well as technical questions. Both interviews were held on Teams platform with a gap of 2 hours between them
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Q1. Given a sorted binary matrix, count the number of negative numbers.
The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Microsoft in Aug 2024
Interview
The questions asked were easy but tricky. In round 1 , 1 easy DSA question was asked then few questions related to CS fundamentals. In round 2 a simple coding question was asked.