Intern applicants have rated the interview process at Microsoft with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 64% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Intern roles take an average of 17 days to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Microsoft overall takes an average of 55 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Microsoft as a Intern according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Personality test: 33%
One on one interview: 17%
Group panel interview: 17%
Skills test: 17%
Presentation: 17%
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The interviewer was nice, kind, and understanding. They were also straightforward and willing to repeat questions I did not understand. I don’t know what else to write, so this is filler for the 30 word minimum.
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They asked about sorting algorithms and their application to a coding problem.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Microsoft (Bengaluru)
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OA was taken, it was easy-medium consisting of a string problem and a DP problem. Technical Interview 1 was taken where they asked tree traversals using iteration and construction of trees using traversal
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Space Complexity of Traversal, also explain Morris Traversal
The entire process only had two rounds and it was really simple. Each round was around 45 minutes to an hour with a current Microsoft engineer and they just ask you a typical leetcode style question. There was also a behavioral round that was really simple.
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The first round was a typically leetcode question that was really easy. The second round was a little bit harder. It was about having a nxn square made out of 0s and 1s and it wants you to compute what the square looks like if it was rotated.
I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft (Belgrade) in Apr 2026
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It was a really enjoyable experience overall. Although I didn’t get the position, the interview itself was great, and I truly appreciated the opportunity to learn more about the role, the team, and the company.