Research Intern applicants have rated the interview process at Microsoft with 4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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The interview proceeded in one stage with the HR manager and the technical engineer.
I believe this short process is a special case since this intern is connected with the government project.
Only have questions about the research projects I've done.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain about the research projects I've done and explain the main challenges and how to solve them
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Microsoft in Dec 2022
Interview
First, had a 30-minute chat with the hiring manager and then did two rounds of interviews with team members. questions were about my research and past projects with a hypothetical scenario.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
questions were about my research and past projects with a hypothetical scenario.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Microsoft in Nov 2023
Interview
There were two rounds. I was asked questions based on my projects which were surrounded around ML amd to implement KNN algorithm and then a simple DSA question. The second round consisted of DSA, Algorithms and ML related questions
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
KNN, quicksort, merge two linked lists in alternate order, matrix chain multiplication, etc.