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Updated 8 Mar 2025

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Software Engineer2 Interview Questions & Answers

user image Aishwary Gupta

posted on 29 Mar 2024

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

Codility Test - 2 Medium LC type questions

Round 2 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. DS Algo based round with 2 medium LC types questions on string

Software Engineer2 Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. - Given a water -tight orientable 2-manifold, how to find if a point is inside or outside its volume? - Given a bunch of points with their coordinates, how to merge closeby points together? - How to determine if the normals of the two trian... read more
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Engineering Manager Interview Questions & Answers

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posted on 19 Jul 2024

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

Thirty questions of arthimatic to solve like simple intrest compound intrest

Round 2 - Coding Test 

Three coding questions which you have to complete

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Try hard

Engineering Manager Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. System Design - how would design a trading system, what db, cloud you would consider and why? how would ensure data is real time not near real time? How would you set up devOps for this ?
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QA Engineer Interview Questions & Answers

user image Anonymous

posted on 16 Nov 2023

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
No response

I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed in Oct 2023. 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.
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Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Explain your test auomation architecture and how to use test optimization technique
  • Ans. 

    Test automation architecture involves designing frameworks, tools, and processes to automate testing. Test optimization techniques aim to improve efficiency and effectiveness of testing.

    • Design a modular framework to promote reusability of test scripts

    • Implement data-driven testing to cover various test scenarios

    • Utilize continuous integration tools for automated test execution

    • Leverage parallel testing to reduce overall t...

  • Answered by AI
Round 3 - Coding Test 

Write the combination of binary and linear search program using java or c#

Skills evaluated in this interview

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Q1. 80 pairs of socks in a dark room, 40 black, 40 white, how many minimum number of socks need to be taken out to get 15 pairs of socks
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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Coding Test 

Quite easy. Data Structures and Algo Ques.

Round 2 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Data Structure and Algo Questions
Round 3 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Discuss about my projects and prev exp

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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Software Engineer Interview Questions & Answers

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posted on 16 Mar 2024

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

2 coding test, 1 medium and i hard LC

Round 2 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. DS Algo, add and diff of numbers represented as linked list

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
2-4 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in May 2023. 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.
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Round 2 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. What is your experience with Program Management?
Round 3 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. What type of relationship would you like to keep with your clients?
  • Q2. Tell me about your experience about managing multiple projects
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Coding Test 

1 hour, arrays and strings

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Sorting, Sliding window

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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Software Developer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

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
View answer (42)
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed before Aug 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Ask medium level questions

Round 2 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Why do u want to join msft
  • Q2. What is your long term goal

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Just study

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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Software Developer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

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
View answer (42)
Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Hard
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
-

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in Jan 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Basic aptitude and technical questions

Round 2 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Projects and basic inteoduction
  • Q2. Previous experience

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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Software Developer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

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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Intern Interview Questions & Answers

user image Anonymous

posted on 6 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 were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

60 mins coding test with 2 questions (leet code easy-medium)

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. BFS implementation on a tree
  • Ans. 

    BFS (Breadth First Search) is a traversal algorithm used to visit all nodes of a tree level by level.

    • Start by visiting the root node, then visit all its children before moving on to the next level

    • Use a queue data structure to keep track of nodes to visit next

    • Repeat the process until all nodes have been visited

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  • Q2. Find the depth of the tree
  • Ans. 

    The depth of a tree is the length of the longest path from the root node to a leaf node.

    • The depth of a tree can be calculated by traversing the tree and keeping track of the depth at each node.

    • The depth of a tree with only one node (the root) is 0.

    • For example, in a binary tree, the depth of the tree is the maximum depth of the left and right subtrees plus 1.

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Microsoft Corporation Intern interview:
  • DSA
  • DAA

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)
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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
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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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