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.
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
Met with researcher from the team and discussed my previous research as well as potential research projects. All questions were related to my research or my collaboration style. The process was friendly and they seem to be genuinely interested in making sure there is a good project fit.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about your research paper. In this paper, why did you take a strong position on this particular topic? What types of projects do you want to work on next?
I talked about my research mentioned on CV and they talked about their group and potential project in the internship. They will ask about some details in your project. There was no coding question. No behavior question.
I interviewed for research intern at MSR. Different from interviews of software engineer internships, where you need to do some leetcode questions, interviews at MSR is more focused on about your research. I presented two research topics that I participated in. The interviewers were pretty interested in them and asked me many questions. It was an overall very enjoyable experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Present your research topics, similar to presenting a research paper in a conference.