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Updated 9 Nov 2021

Top Microsoft Corporation Full Stack Developer Interview Questions and Answers

  • Q1. Matrix Rank Calculation Given a matrix ARR of dimensions N * M , your task is to determine the rank of the matrix ARR . Explanation: The rank of a matrix is defined as: ...read more
  • Q2. Alternating Largest Problem Statement Given a list of numbers, rearrange them such that every second element is greater than its adjacent elements. Implement a function ...read more
  • Q3. Check Permutation Problem Statement Determine if two given strings, 'str1' and 'str2' , are permutations of each other. Explanation: Two strings are permutations of each ...read more
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Microsoft Corporation Full Stack Developer Interview Experiences

2 interviews found

I was interviewed in Aug 2021.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

(1 Question)

Round duration - 120 Minutes
Round difficulty - Hard

  • Q1. 

    Matrix Rank Calculation

    Given a matrix ARR of dimensions N * M, your task is to determine the rank of the matrix ARR.

    Explanation:

    The rank of a matrix is defined as:

    (a) The maximum number of linearly...
  • Ans. Row Echelon Form

    Approach:

    • The idea is based on converting the given input matrix ARR into row echelon form.
    • Since we know that the rank of the matrix can not be greater than min(N, M). So we will check if N > M then we will transpose the input matrix ARR since we are using row echelon form so the matrix has to be transformed in such a way that in each row all the elements to the left of the diagonal element must be ze...
  • Answered Anonymously
Round 2 - Video Call 

(1 Question)

Round duration - 60 Minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

This is an elimination round. The interviewer will ask some technical questions and ask to solve some coding questions.
The interview was on Microsoft teams and coding was on codility.

  • Q1. 

    Check Permutation Problem Statement

    Determine if two given strings, 'str1' and 'str2', are permutations of each other.

    Explanation:

    Two strings are permutations of each other if one string's characters ...

  • Ans. Frequency Array Approach
    • The first and the foremost condition for two strings to be the permutations of each other is that the frequency of each element in both of them should be the same.
    • It can be proven by a very simple argument that we are only rearranging the letters, and not adding or deleting any character.
    • So we allocate an array of size 256 (that is the number of distinct ASCIIacharactersterst to store the freque...
  • Answered Anonymously
Round 3 - Video Call 

(1 Question)

Round duration - 60 Minutes
Round difficulty - Hard

Interviewers asked some questions regarding System design and then asked me to perform the task

  • Q1. Design a vending machine.
Round 4 - Video Call 

(1 Question)

Round duration - 60 Minutes
Round difficulty - Hard

There were 2 interviewers. This round was basically Distributed systems.

  • Q1. 

    Alternating Largest Problem Statement

    Given a list of numbers, rearrange them such that every second element is greater than its adjacent elements. Implement a function to achieve this rearrangement.

    Inp...

  • Ans. Brute forceSpace Complexity: O(1)Explanation: Time Complexity: O(n)Explanation:
  • Answered Anonymously
Round 5 - Video Call 

Round duration - 60 Minutes
Round difficulty - Hard

Interview Preparation Tips

Professional and academic backgroundI completed Computer Science Engineering from HMR Institute of Technology and Management. Eligibility criteriaNo criteriaMicrosoft interview preparation:Topics to prepare for the interview - Data Structures and Algorithms, System Design, Distributed SystemsTime required to prepare for the interview - 1 MonthInterview preparation tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Might ask you to write coding in System Design (Eg : Vending Machine)
Tip 2 : Use star methodology to answer.
Tip 3 : Interact as much as you can with the interviewer and discuss your approach to solve questions.
Tip 4: Start your preparation at least 6 months before application
Tip 5 : Practice Leetcode

Application resume tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Resume should match with job description
Tip 2 : Add a summary section and avoid sections like hobbies, strengths 
Tip 3 : Clearly mention your skills

Final outcome of the interviewRejected

Skills evaluated in this interview

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Oct 2021. There were 4 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

4 Questions

  • Q1. What is the difference between aim, ambition, goal
  • Q2. Who is chairman of isro
  • Ans. 

    The current chairman of ISRO is K. Sivan.

    • K. Sivan is an Indian space scientist and the current chairman of ISRO.

    • He has been associated with ISRO for over three decades and has contributed to several missions.

    • Under his leadership, ISRO has achieved several milestones, including the successful launch of Chandrayaan-2.

    • He is also known as the 'Rocket Man' of India.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. Who is the founder of iiit 's in andra and telangana
  • Q4. Full form of unesco
  • Ans. 

    UNESCO stands for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.

    • UNESCO is a specialized agency of the United Nations.

    • It was established in 1945 with the aim of promoting peace and security through international cooperation in education, science, and culture.

    • UNESCO is responsible for designating and preserving World Heritage Sites, promoting literacy and education, and supporting cultural diversity.

    • So...

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Fell free and enjoy the interactions with interview panel and interviewers

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Interview experience
2
Poor
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
No response

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in May 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(4 Questions)

  • Q1. Very basic top 50 questions on internet, basic java, inheritance, oops, solid, collections
  • Q2. Diff between abstract and interface, method overloading, overriding, microservices, how do microservice communicate
  • Ans. 

    Abstract class is a class that cannot be instantiated, while an interface is a blueprint of a class with only abstract methods.

    • Abstract class cannot be instantiated, but can have both abstract and non-abstract methods.

    • Interface can only have abstract methods and cannot have method implementations.

    • Method overloading is having multiple methods in the same class with the same name but different parameters.

    • Method overridin...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. Spring boot annotations, DI, hibernate, bean scopes
  • Q4. Fibonacci series print

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - HR is very rude, they want to schedule interview in same day within 1 hour of notice. they just want to complete their daily interview list i guess. because interview was so so easy, just top 50 java interview questions on internet. but they just rejected after 5 mins of finishing interview.

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Coding Test 

Delete nodes from linkedList if their value matches a certain condition

Round 2 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. Js advanced concepts
  • Q2. Java concurrency
  • Q3. Design patterns
Round 3 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. Implement few design patterns
  • Ans. 

    Implementing design patterns in software development

    • Singleton pattern ensures a class has only one instance and provides a global point of access to it

    • Factory pattern creates objects without specifying the exact class of object that will be created

    • Observer pattern defines a one-to-many dependency between objects so that when one object changes state, all its dependents are notified and updated

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Questions of microservice architecture
  • Q3. Java 8 tricky coding questions

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Coding Test 

Few coding tasks asked like palindrome number
Factorial
Basic concept tests based on DSA
Like prove that set is unordered

Round 2 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. If a glass is started filling with water by 1ml at 0sec and gets doubled at every successive second, at what second the glass is half full
Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
No response
Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Questions about Nestjs, React and AI
  • Q2. Singlet pattern of NestJS
  • Ans. 

    Singleton pattern in NestJS ensures a class has only one instance and provides a global point of access to it.

    • Use the @Injectable() decorator to mark a class as a singleton in NestJS.

    • Inject the singleton class into other classes using the constructor.

    • The instance of the singleton class will be shared across the application.

  • Answered by AI

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

It was easy to crack ill rate 2/5

Round 2 - Coding Test 

It was a short coding round pretty easy

Round 3 - Coding Test 

It was a long coding round i couldn't crack it

Round 4 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Introduce yourself
  • Q2. Tell me what you know about zoho
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Referral and was interviewed before Aug 2023. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - One-on-one 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. Project, Oops Concept, Java , which technology u have used ? Framework
  • Q2. Framework, Explain Long Polling ,
  • Ans. 

    Long polling is a web technique where the client sends a request to the server and the server holds the connection open until new data is available.

    • Long polling is a variation of the traditional polling technique where the client sends a request to the server and the server keeps the connection open until new data is available.

    • It is often used in web applications to simulate real-time updates without the need for const...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. GraphQL Vs Rest
  • Ans. 

    GraphQL is a query language for APIs that allows clients to request only the data they need, while REST is an architectural style for designing networked applications.

    • GraphQL allows clients to request specific data in a single request, reducing over-fetching and under-fetching of data.

    • REST uses multiple endpoints for different resources, leading to multiple requests for related data.

    • GraphQL provides a strongly typed sc...

  • Answered by AI

Skills evaluated in this interview

I was interviewed in Sep 2021.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

(1 Question)

Round duration - 110 Minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

Aptitude and coding and Ouput MCQ

  • Q1. 

    Ways To Make Coin Change

    Given an infinite supply of coins of varying denominations, determine the total number of ways to make change for a specified value using these coins. If it's not possible to make...

  • Ans. Recursion

     

    1. The idea is to use recursion.
    2. For a particular coin, we have two options either include it or exclude it.
    3. If we include that coin, then calculate the remaining number that we have to generate so recur for that remaining number.
    4. If we exclude that coin, then recur for the same amount that we have to make.
    5. Our final answer would be the total number of ways either by including or excluding.
    6. There will be two edg...
  • Answered Anonymously
Round 2 - Face to Face 

Round duration - 60 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

There were 2 interviewers. I was asked to make a presentation earlier which I had to present in the interview.

Questions on SQL, Javascript, Linux

Interview Preparation Tips

Professional and academic backgroundI completed Computer Science Engineering from HMR Institute of Technology and Management. Eligibility criteriaNo CriteriaAmdocs interview preparation:Topics to prepare for the interview - Projects should be good and engaging, Data base, SQL, LinuxTime required to prepare for the interview - 1 MonthInterview preparation tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Keep the conversation interesting
Tip 2 : Prepare thoroughly
Tip 3 : Look for interviewers on LinkedIn

Application resume tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Projects should be engaging
Tip 2 : Experiences should be on top

Final outcome of the interviewSelected

Skills evaluated in this interview

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Oct 2021. There were 5 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

4 Questions

Binary tree fin the no of leaf node

  • Q1. System design on Netflix
  • Ans. 

    System design for Netflix

    • Use microservices architecture

    • Implement a distributed caching system

    • Utilize content delivery networks (CDNs)

    • Implement recommendation algorithms

    • Ensure high availability and fault tolerance

    • Implement user authentication and authorization

    • Handle large-scale data storage and processing

    • Implement efficient search functionality

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Talk about hld design
  • Ans. 

    HLD design refers to high-level design, which involves creating an architectural blueprint for a software system.

    • HLD design focuses on the overall structure and components of a system.

    • It includes defining the system's modules, interfaces, and interactions.

    • HLD design helps in understanding the system's functionality and how different components work together.

    • It provides a roadmap for the development process and helps in...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. Talk aboit lld design
  • Q4. Da algo for queue

Skills evaluated in this interview

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How to prepare for Microsoft Corporation Full Stack Developer interview?
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 Java, Javascript, AWS, Azure and Backend.
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