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Updated 8 Apr 2025

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I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Mar 2022. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Keep your resume crisp and to the point. A recruiter looks at your resume for an average of 6 seconds, make sure to leave the best impression.
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Round 2 - One-on-one 

(4 Questions)

  • Q1. B .com students software eligible yes or no
  • Q2. Iam intereste software
  • Q3. Business development
  • Q4. What type of program
  • Ans. 

    I'm sorry, could you please clarify what type of program you are referring to?

    • Ask for more information about the program in question

    • Provide examples of different types of programs

    • Clarify the context of the question

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - I am interset software development company I have one opportunity I am b.com students

Top Microsoft Corporation Software Developer Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. Buses Origin Problem Statement You have been provided with an array where each element specifies the number of buses that can be boarded at each respective bus stop. Buses will only stop at locations that are multiples of the bus stop they ... read more
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Q1. Maximum Subarray Sum Problem Statement Given an array of integers, determine the maximum possible sum of any contiguous subarray within the array. Example: Input: array = [34, -50, 42, 14, -5, 86] Output: 137 Explanation: The maximum sum is... read more
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Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Keep your resume crisp and to the point. A recruiter looks at your resume for an average of 6 seconds, make sure to leave the best impression.
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Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Implement stack using linkedlist
  • Ans. 

    Implementing stack using linked list

    • Create a Node class with data and next pointer

    • Create a Stack class with top pointer

    • Implement push() method to add element to top of stack

    • Implement pop() method to remove element from top of stack

    • Implement peek() method to return top element without removing it

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Implement priority queue
  • Ans. 

    Priority queue is a data structure that stores elements with priority levels and retrieves them in order of priority.

    • Elements are added with a priority level and retrieved in order of priority

    • Can be implemented using a heap data structure

    • Operations include insert, delete, and peek

    • Can be used in algorithms such as Dijkstra's shortest path algorithm

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - prepare DSA well and also prepare for behavioral round

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Top Microsoft Corporation Software Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. You have a cuboid (m*n*p) each block of the cuboid is having a metallic ball. Now we are passing X-ray from front face and getting a bool matrix1 of m*p the elements are set if there is a black spot.(as we are passing X-ray) and another mat... read more
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Q1. Bridge and torch problem : Four people come to a river in the night. There is a narrow bridge, but it can only hold two people at a time. They have one torch and, because it's night, the torch has to be used when crossing the bridge. Person... read more
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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I appeared for an interview before May 2022.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Keep your resume crisp and to the point. A recruiter looks at your resume for an average of 6 seconds, make sure to leave the best impression.
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Round 2 - Group Discussion 

Our favourite topic you have speak fluei for 5mins

Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Asked about the active directory and networking
Round 4 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. MANAGER round asked about general things

Top Microsoft Corporation Technical Support Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. What are the steps which you will follow if a customer calls and tell you that he is not able to do any editing in Microsoft word?
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Q1. Admin Questions :- What is Relationships what are types of relationships
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Intern Interview Questions & Answers

user image Ryan Handoyo

posted on 7 Jun 2024

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed before Jun 2023. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Given a target and a binary tree, return true if there is a path to target
  • Ans. 

    Check if there is a path in a binary tree to a given target

    • Start from the root node and traverse the tree using depth-first search (DFS)

    • Keep track of the current path sum and compare it with the target value

    • Return true if a path with the target sum is found, otherwise return false

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Square root of N
  • Ans. 

    The square root of a number N is a value that, when multiplied by itself, gives N.

    • The square root of 9 is 3, because 3 * 3 = 9

    • The square root of 16 is 4, because 4 * 4 = 16

    • The square root of 25 is 5, because 5 * 5 = 25

  • Answered by AI

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Top Microsoft Corporation Intern Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. Reverse the order of words in a given sentence(an array of characters)
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Q1. Case. There is a housing society “The wasteful society”, you collect all the household garbage and sell it to 5 different businesses. Determine what price you will pay to the society members in Rs/kg, given you want to make a profit of 20% ... read more
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Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Keep your resume crisp and to the point. A recruiter looks at your resume for an average of 6 seconds, make sure to leave the best impression.
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Round 2 - Behavioral interview 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. 1) Tell me about yourself. 2) Tell me about project x on your resume.
  • Q2. Tell me about most difficult bug solved
  • Ans. 

    Debugging a memory leak in a complex web application

    • Identified the source of the leak through profiling and code analysis

    • Implemented a fix by optimizing memory usage and reducing unnecessary object creation

    • Tested the fix thoroughly to ensure it did not introduce new issues

    • Collaborated with team members to ensure the fix was integrated properly into the codebase

  • Answered by AI
Round 3 - Coding Test 

It was the final round where i had to do about 3 back to back interviews
First question was a two pointer problem
Second was on arrays (Sorting)
Third was more like a design problem

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Communicate clearly.
You should listen to the interviewers also, they might be giving you tips

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Q1. machine learning projects and algorithms being used in it.
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user image Anonymous

posted on 9 May 2023

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed before May 2022. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Keep your resume crisp and to the point. A recruiter looks at your resume for an average of 6 seconds, make sure to leave the best impression.
View all tips
Round 2 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Briefing about my experience
Round 3 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Technical and situation based questions
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Hard
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed before Apr 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Heavy Dsa was found minimum leetcode hard

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Leeetcode medium questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Leetcode practoce

Top Microsoft Corporation Software Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. You have a cuboid (m*n*p) each block of the cuboid is having a metallic ball. Now we are passing X-ray from front face and getting a bool matrix1 of m*p the elements are set if there is a black spot.(as we are passing X-ray) and another mat... read more
View answer (1)

Software Engineer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Bridge and torch problem : Four people come to a river in the night. There is a narrow bridge, but it can only hold two people at a time. They have one torch and, because it's night, the torch has to be used when crossing the bridge. Person... read more
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Intern Interview Questions & Answers

user image Anonymous

posted on 23 Apr 2024

Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed before Apr 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Multiple choice questions

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Two sum Water tank problem
  • Ans. 

    Two sum problem involves finding two numbers in an array that add up to a specific target. Water tank problem involves calculating the amount of water that can be trapped between the bars.

    • For Two sum problem, use a hashmap to store the difference between the target and each element in the array. Check if the current element exists in the hashmap.

    • For Water tank problem, use two pointers approach to calculate the maximum...

  • Answered by AI

Skills evaluated in this interview

Top Microsoft Corporation Intern Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. Reverse the order of words in a given sentence(an array of characters)
View answer (1)

Intern Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Case. There is a housing society “The wasteful society”, you collect all the household garbage and sell it to 5 different businesses. Determine what price you will pay to the society members in Rs/kg, given you want to make a profit of 20% ... read more
View answer (8)
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
More than 8 weeks
Result
-

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed before Mar 2023. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Moderate coding question

Round 2 - Assignment 

1 month long hackathon

Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Dsa round with live coding

Top Microsoft Corporation Software Developer Intern Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. Mean, Median, Mode Calculation You are given an array 'ARR' consisting of 'N' integers. Your task is to calculate the three statistical measures for the given array: Mean - Implement the function mean() to calculate the mean of the array. ... read more
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Software Developer Intern Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Sum of Maximum and Minimum Elements Problem Statement Given an array ARR of size N, your objective is to determine the sum of the largest and smallest elements within the array. Follow Up: Can you achieve the above task using the least numb... read more
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Copywriter Interview Questions & Answers

user image Anonymous

posted on 13 Jan 2022

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in Dec 2021. There was 1 interview round.

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. With the Microsoft company how much you was earned ?
  • Q2. What benefits are they re for microsoft

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Simple we want to ask only one thing if suppose one company is there we should ask what benefits with the company and how much u were earned

Copywriter Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. What are the best practices we can follow to rank our product descriptions organically in Google search?
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Microsoft Corporation Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Microsoft Corporation interview for freshers?
Microsoft Corporation interview process for freshers usually has 2-3 rounds. The most common rounds in the Microsoft Corporation interview process for freshers are Coding Test, Technical and Resume Shortlist.
How to prepare for Microsoft Corporation interview for freshers?
Go through your CV in detail and study all the technologies mentioned in your CV. Prepare at least two technologies or languages in depth if you are appearing for a technical interview at Microsoft Corporation. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at Microsoft Corporation expect are microsoft, Internship, Machine Learning, Computer science and Research.
What are the top questions asked in Microsoft Corporation interview for freshers?

Some of the top questions asked at the Microsoft Corporation interview for freshers -

  1. You have a cuboid (m*n*p) each block of the cuboid is having a metallic ball. ...read more
  2. Given a string of containing lower case letters and upper case characters. Find...read more
  3. Suppose you have an array of elements which has duplicates except 1 number, ex....read more
How long is the Microsoft Corporation interview process?

The duration of Microsoft Corporation interview process can vary, but typically it takes about less than 2 weeks to complete.

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