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I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft (Seattle, WA) in Feb 2025
Interview
There are a total of rounds. First round to talk about past experiences, also on current research and thoughts.
Second round to talk with another person in the group and finally a coding interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They described a current issue they are thinking about, which is what the intern is about. You need to talk about how to solve it with your expertise.
first round-ml questions, covered topics like metrics, regularization, and optimization.
go over resume and ask questions on past experiences and implementations of past projects
second round - leetcode
second round - CV/NLP-related implementation