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Summer Intern Interview Questions & Answers

user image Manshi Srivastava

posted on 30 Jul 2024

Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Palindrome question
  • Q2. Sring questions

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Q1. There are 8 bottles of milk out of which one bottle is poisoned. What will be the minimum number of persons required to find the poisoned bottle if the person dies within 24 hours of drinking the poison. You have only 24 hours.
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user image Anonymous

posted on 24 Jul 2024

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. SOLID principles
  • Q2. Authentication authorization

Data Scientist Interview Questions & Answers

user image Ayush Goyal

posted on 31 Mar 2024

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I was interviewed in Oct 2023.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Based on topological sort

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Ml baiscs like LR, SVM
Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Ml design questions were asked
Round 4 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Why do you want to join

Top Microsoft Corporation Data Scientist Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. How do you work towards a random forest?
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Q1. for a data with 1000 samples and 700 dimensions, how would you find a line that best fits the data, to be able to extrapolate? this is not a supervised ML problem, there's no target. and how would you do it, if you want to treat this as a s... read more
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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
More than 8 weeks
Result
No response

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

Round 1 - Group Discussion 

1 hour, questions based on current experience even hypothetical situations were mostly what managers deal with. Overall very professional and great interviewers representing their organization.

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Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Jul 2023. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

They gave 2 DSA questions and the platform was Codility.

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Write code for Circular Linkekd List
  • Ans. 

    Code for Circular Linked List implementation

    • Create a Node class with data and next pointer

    • Implement methods for insertion, deletion, and traversal

    • Ensure the last node points back to the first node to form a circular structure

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  • Q2. Given an array find the given element in the array
  • Ans. 

    Use linear search algorithm to find the given element in the array of strings.

    • Iterate through the array and compare each element with the given element

    • Return the index if found, otherwise return -1

    • Time complexity is O(n) where n is the number of elements in the array

  • Answered by AI
Round 3 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Asked Question on my resume
  • Q2. A system design question in which I had to design class which has functionally similar to MSPaint

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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 Questions & Answers

user image Anonymous

posted on 22 Jul 2024

Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
6-8 weeks
Result
No response

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

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Test on Intervue for coding

Consultant Interview Questions & Answers

user image Anonymous

posted on 19 Apr 2024

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in Oct 2023. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. They discuss about more of the basics to advance technical queries on the product they recruiting you
  • Q2. How s the Azure pricing
  • Ans. 

    Azure pricing is based on usage and offers various pricing options.

    • Azure pricing is pay-as-you-go, meaning you only pay for what you use

    • There are different pricing tiers based on services and resources

    • Discounts are available for long-term commitments or reserved instances

  • Answered by AI

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Q1. How would you pass an entry for travel expenses incurred and paid by employee and was reimbursed? How would the end to end flow happens
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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Open the lock from Leetcode

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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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Hard
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Apr 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

DSA based arrays , graph and strings

Round 2 - Assignment 

HLD discussion for scalable product

Top Microsoft Corporation Senior Software Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. Design elevators - How would you design how elevators work. How do you add different roles etc.
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Q1. Tell me about yourself. What technology are you using? What is a Collection? What are the different types of collection there? What is the difference between ArrayList and LinkedList What are the basic building blocks of Stream operators, s... read more
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Senior Software Engineer Interview Questions & Answers

user image rakesh bhaviripudi

posted on 21 Nov 2024

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-

I was interviewed in Oct 2024.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Best time to buy a stock question was asked

Top Microsoft Corporation Senior Software Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. Design elevators - How would you design how elevators work. How do you add different roles etc.
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Senior Software Engineer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Tell me about yourself. What technology are you using? What is a Collection? What are the different types of collection there? What is the difference between ArrayList and LinkedList What are the basic building blocks of Stream operators, s... read more
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Microsoft Corporation Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Microsoft Corporation interview?
Microsoft Corporation interview process usually has 2-3 rounds. The most common rounds in the Microsoft Corporation interview process are Technical, Coding Test and One-on-one Round.
How to prepare for Microsoft Corporation 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 microsoft, Computer science, C++, Coding and Python.
What are the top questions asked in Microsoft Corporation interview?

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

  1. You are given infinite sequence of continuos natural numbers-1,2,3,4,5,6.........read more
  2. You have a cuboid (m*n*p) each block of the cuboid is having a metallic ball. ...read more
  3. Given a string of containing lower case letters and upper case characters. Find...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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