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- 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 ...read more
- Q2. Write a program to store a tree on a file. Also write code to reconstruct the tree from that file. Think of efficient techniques
- Q3. Given a string of unknown length, what is a good approach to find n-k th element from last
Microsoft Corporation Software Engineer Interview Experiences for Freshers
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I was interviewed in Jun 2024.
(2 Questions)
- Q1. Variation of aggressive cows problem (requires binary search)
- Ans.
Use binary search to find the minimum distance to escape aggressive cows in a field.
Implement a function to check if cows can be placed with a minimum distance in a field.
Use binary search to find the minimum distance that satisfies the condition.
Keep track of the maximum distance found so far while performing binary search.
- Q2. Variation of 2 sum problem
- Ans.
Find two numbers in an array that add up to a target sum.
Use a hash map to store the difference between the target sum and each element.
Iterate through the array and check if the current element's complement exists in the hash map.
Return the indices of the two numbers that add up to the target sum.
(2 Questions)
- Q1. Was told that this round would be an LLD. But it felt more like HLD or technical HM round Questions: grilled on microservice vs monolith architectures, how to migrate to microservice, when to migrate to mi...
- Q2. Design a rest API
- Ans.
Design a REST API for a software engineer interview
Define the resources and endpoints
Use HTTP methods for CRUD operations (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE)
Implement authentication and authorization
Use JSON for data exchange format
Include error handling and status codes
2 DSA qns on codility
(2 Questions)
- Q1. Cs fundamentals
- Q2. DSA qn on graphs
- Ans.
Graphs are data structures that consist of nodes and edges connecting them.
Graphs can be directed or undirected.
Common graph traversal algorithms include BFS and DFS.
Examples of graphs include social networks, road networks, and computer networks.
Skills evaluated in this interview
PRACTISE CODING properly..........
(3 Questions)
- Q1. BE TECH SAVY.............................
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- Q3. WHO ARE YOU?...........
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(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
- 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
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I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed before Apr 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.
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(1 Question)
- Q1. Leeetcode medium questions
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I applied via Campus Placement
Interview Questionnaire
2 Questions
- Q1. You have a Binary tree having numbers>=0 and a numeber N. Print all downwards paths from any node having the sum of elements equal to N
- Ans.
Print all downward paths from any node in a binary tree with sum of elements equal to N.
Traverse the binary tree and keep track of the sum of elements in the path from root to current node.
If the sum equals N, print the path from root to current node.
Recursively traverse the left and right subtrees with updated sum.
Use a stack to keep track of the current path being traversed.
Example: Binary tree with root 1, left chil...
- Q2. 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...
- Ans.
Yes, it is possible to get the accurate result from the given data.
The coordinates (i,j,k) where metallic balls are present can be determined by finding the set elements in both matrix1 and matrix2.
Additional data is not required as the given data is sufficient to determine the coordinates.
The coordinates can be obtained by iterating through the elements of matrix1 and matrix2 and checking for set elements.
Interview Preparation Tips
Experience: Output questions
Tips: focus on basics
Duration: 30 minutes
Total Questions: 15
Round: Test
Experience: Two coding problems in one hour,on Cocobues.com
1. Given two arrays of numbers. The numbers are from 0-9 you have two maximize the first array by using the elements from the second array.
the elements can be used only once.
e.g. arr1[]={5,2,3,6,7};
arr2[]={9,2,8,4,5};
You should output the modified arr1 as {9,8,5,6,7}
2.Given a matrix of characters and a word.
you have to count the number of occurences of that word in that matrix. you can move to any of the eight valid directions from current position.
e.g. word="HELLO";
matrix[][5]={ {'H','E','L','L','O'},
{'E','H','E','A','B'},
{'L','L','O','C','D'}};
output should be : 5
Tips: DO AS MUCH AS PRACTICE
Duration: 60 minutes
Total Questions: 2
Round: Test
Experience: One Coding question was given to all the students ,You have to code and explain it.
You are given an string as input which represents a path. You have to normalize that path inplace(NO EXTRA SPACE).
e.g.
input : "\a\b\c\..\..\file.txt"
output: "\a\file.txt"
Hint: Double dot(..) means you have to skip the previous parent.
It was on paper.
Duration: 40 minutes
Total Questions: 1
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: The interviewer was very nice that was an amazing experience.
Tips: Be confident and relaxed.
Round: HR Interview
Experience: Again the interviewer was very nice. Firstly he asked me what i have done in technical till that time.
After the interview was over he looks impressed.
Tips: Don't see what others are doing . Take your time and try to short out the correct solution.
General Tips: Do coding as much as you can
Skills: Algorithm, Coding Skills And Knowledge On Data Structures
Duration: 2
College Name: NIT Bhopal
Motivation: It comes to our institute, and the name Microsoft is sufficient for motivation.
Funny Moments: The journey to Microsoft IDC Hydrabad was very beautiful.
Skills evaluated in this interview
I applied via Campus Placement
Interview Questionnaire
2 Questions
- Q1. Given a string of unknown length, what is a good approach to find n-k th element from last
- Ans.
To find n-k th element from last in a string of unknown length
Traverse the string to find its length
Calculate the position of n-k th element from last
Traverse the string again to find the element at calculated position
- Q2. Given an array of strings, count the number of unique occurrences
- Ans.
Count the number of unique occurrences in an array of strings.
Create a hash table to store the count of each string occurrence.
Iterate through the array and update the count in the hash table.
Count the number of unique occurrences by counting the number of keys in the hash table.
Interview Preparation Tips
Experience: They checked my CGPA and my projects worked on. They also looked at previous internship I have done
Tips: Focus on CGPA and projects done. Also mention internship experience.
Round: Test
Experience: Easier questions and good amount of time to think.
Tips: Careful with IDE.
Duration: 60min minutes
Total Questions: 2
Round: Group Discussion
Experience: Enough time to think,solve. Questions were easy and only tested basic understanding of ds and algos.
Tips: Think well. They do not expect complete optimal solution. Discuss your ideas with members there
Round: Technical Interview
Tips: They do not expect optimal solution. they want to know thought process
General Tips: Be thorough in course work being done at present.
Revise the projects you have done in your semester
Skills: Data Structures, Algorithms, Probability theory, Basics of Machine Learning
Duration: 2 months
College Name: IIT Madras
Motivation: Microsoft !
Skills evaluated in this interview
Interview Questionnaire
2 Questions
- Q1. Write the backend server code for a tic tac toe game
- Ans.
Backend server code for a tic tac toe game
Create a RESTful API using a framework like Express.js
Implement game logic to check for winning conditions
Use a database to store game state and user information
Handle user authentication and authorization
Implement real-time updates using WebSockets
- Q2. Write a program to store a tree on a file. Also write code to reconstruct the tree from that file. Think of efficient techniques
- Ans.
Program to store and reconstruct a tree from a file with efficient techniques.
Use a recursive approach to traverse the tree and write each node to the file
Include information about the node's parent and children in the file
Use a unique identifier for each node to reconstruct the tree from the file
Use a data structure like a hash table to store the nodes and their identifiers for efficient reconstruction
Interview Preparation Tips
Experience: All types of C/C++ Aptitude and I/O questions were asked.
Was not a very easy round.
Tips: Prepare from -----/ and -----/
I had done everything in these 2 links.
Other than that, you can prepare from "Test your C Skills" by Yeshwant Kanetkar. PDF available online.
Duration: 30 minutes
Total Questions: 40-50
Round: Test
Experience: Two coding questions were asked. It was hosted on CoCubes website.
Questions were pretty basic.
First one was ad-hoc, requiring to count the number of set bits of a number.
Second one was the standard, minimum cost path DP problem.
Tips: Prepare from geeksforgeeks, careercup and ambitionbox.
If you know competitive programming, you should not have much of a problem.
Duration: 90 minutes
Total Questions: 2
Round: Test
Experience: Had to write code on paper. 2 questions.
First one was to rotate a matrix by 90 degrees. Pretty standard question.
Second one was to remove all negative elements in an array to the right end. Do it without extra memory.
Tips: Apart from correctness of solution, they check for code quality. Code written must be clean, indented and with properly named variables and functions.
Keep communicating your ideas to the people who will be supervising the test. They will understand your thought process that way.
Duration: 60 minutes
Total Questions: 2
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Wrote the class in JAVA. Explained the methods, and optimized them. Variables were named properly.
Also generalized the class for an nxn matrix tic-tac-toe game.
Interviewer was very friendly. Wrote the code on paper.
Tips: Prepare on class design beforehand. They are quite likely to ask you questions on OOP.
Write clean code.
Round: Technical Interview
Experience: Just had to write the functions. Wrote code in C++.
The interviewer tested me on edge cases. Asked me to prepare test cases.
Tips: Make sure your code is ready to tackle those dirty edge cases.
Knowing standard library functions is beneficial. Make sure you learn some important ones. They can come in handy.
Write clean code. You can choose any language you are comfortable in.
General Tips: Stay calm. Prepare well.
Focus on the data structures that Microsoft usually asks about.
Skill Tips: A good internship helps in the process. I had interned at Google, so I got selected relatively easily as compared to other candidates. Make sure your resume is as impressive as you can make it.
Stay calm in the rounds. That way you can think better.
Communicate with the company officials. They will know you and your thought process that way.
Don't stay quiet in the interview rounds. If you have doubts, ask them. I had made this mistake when they came for internships and did not get selected because I didn't clear my doubts. The interview should be ideally like a discussion, where you present your thoughts and ideas, clear your doubts, and come up with a solution.
Skills: Resume, Communication, Analytical Skills, Algorithmic Approach To Problem Solving, Coding Skills And Knowledge On Data Structures
College Name: NIT Surathkal
Motivation: It is one of the biggest tech giants in the world. I definitely wanted to be a part of it.
Funny Moments: Since I had only 2 interviews, while others had 5, I came out so early that they thought I was rejected.
They later discovered, they were wrong.
Skills evaluated in this interview
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I was interviewed before Jun 2021.
(2 Questions)
Round duration - 180 minutes
Round difficulty - Easy
It was an mcq + coding round. There were aptitude and ouput based question in mcq. And coding questions were easy
- Q1.
Find the Duplicate Number Problem Statement
Given an integer array 'ARR' of size 'N' containing numbers from 0 to (N - 2). Each number appears at least once, and there is one number that appears twice. Yo...
- Ans.
Find the duplicate number in an array of integers from 0 to (N-2).
Iterate through the array and keep track of the frequency of each number using a hashmap.
Return the number with a frequency greater than 1 as the duplicate number.
Time complexity can be optimized to O(N) using Floyd's Tortoise and Hare algorithm.
- Q2.
Reverse String Operations Problem Statement
You are provided with a string
Sand an array of integersAof sizeM. Your task is to performMoperations on the string as specified by the indices in arrayA... - Ans.
Given a string and an array of indices, reverse substrings based on the indices to obtain the final string.
Iterate through the array of indices and reverse the substrings accordingly
Ensure the range specified by each index is non-empty
Return the final string after all operations are completed
Round duration - 60 Minutes
Round difficulty - Easy
It was technical + hr round. there were 2 people as interviewer. They stated from intro and asked some basic puzzles and hr questions. After that they asked about my projects, technologies and some ds algo and dbms questions.
Interview Preparation Tips
Tip 1 : Practice aptitude
Tip 2 : Focus on practicing coding
Tip 3 : Learn from mistakes
Tip 1 : Mention some projects that you have done
Tip 2 : Try to have skills that are required for the role
Skills evaluated in this interview
Interview Questionnaire
6 Questions
- Q1. What is fan trap? How to solve it? Give one example.
- Ans.
Fan trap is a situation in which a query involving multiple tables results in a Cartesian product.
Fan trap occurs when a table is connected to multiple tables in a one-to-many relationship.
It can be solved by creating a bridge table or by using aggregate functions.
For example, if a customer table is connected to an orders table and a products table, a fan trap can occur when trying to retrieve information about custome...
- Q2. Two tables are joined. But joined type are not mentioned, then how much records will retrieve using select statement.
- Q3. How to use dynamic break in report?
- Ans.
Dynamic break in report allows for automatic page breaks based on data.
Define a break field in the report design
Set the break field to trigger a page break when its value changes
Use dynamic break to automatically adjust page breaks based on data
Example: A report on sales by region can use dynamic break to create a new page for each region
- Q4. Use of foreach function in report.
- Ans.
Foreach function is used to iterate through an array of strings in a report.
Foreach function is used to loop through each element in an array of strings.
It can be used to display each element in a report.
Example: foreach(string item in stringArray){ Console.WriteLine(item); }
- Q5. What is Aggregate awareness? When we use it? Syntax of it.
- Ans.
Aggregate awareness is a feature in Business Objects that allows reports to be optimized for performance by using aggregate tables.
Aggregate awareness is used when creating reports in Business Objects
It allows the report to use aggregate tables instead of detailed tables for improved performance
Syntax: AGGR_AWARE(
, , )
Example: AGGR_AWARE(Product, Sum(Sales), Sales_Fact_Table)
Answered by AIAdd your answer- Q6. @prompt function syntax and it's use.
- Ans.
The @prompt function syntax is used to display a prompt message to the user and receive input.
The syntax is @prompt('message', 'default value')
The message is the prompt message to be displayed to the user
The default value is optional and will be displayed in the input field
The function returns the value entered by the user
Answered by AIAdd your answer Microsoft Corporation Interview FAQsHow many rounds are there in Microsoft Corporation Software Engineer 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 Technical, Coding Test and Resume Shortlist.How to prepare for Microsoft Corporation Software Engineer 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 Computer science, Data Structures, Design Development, Internship and Product Quality.What are the top questions asked in Microsoft Corporation Software Engineer interview for freshers?Some of the top questions asked at the Microsoft Corporation Software Engineer interview for freshers -
How long is the Microsoft Corporation Software Engineer interview process?The duration of Microsoft Corporation Software Engineer interview process can vary, but typically it takes about less than 2 weeks to complete.
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