Microsoft · SDE Intern · New Grad
Microsoft Interview Practice
Practice Microsoft interviews with free AI mocks — coding rounds, light design, and behavioral segments. Pair with Microsoft internship guides and PYQs before your loop.
Hiring notes
- Microsoft loops mix coding, design-lite, and behavioral rounds.
- Interviewers value structured problem solving — approach before code.
- Projects get probed deeply; prepare a 10-minute technical walkthrough.
- A clear, calm explanation of tradeoffs scores as much as the solution.
Sample interview questions
Practice these aloud in Apply's mock interview room — speaking beats reading. Pair with PYQs before enabling coding rounds.
Coding
Check whether two binary trees are identical — iterative and recursive.
Tip: Recursion first, then a stack-based iterative version with edge cases.
DSA
Find the kth smallest element in a BST efficiently.
Tip: In-order traversal with a counter, or a size-aware approach.
Design-lite
Design a simple task queue with priorities — data structures and APIs.
Tip: Heap for priority, talk through enqueue/dequeue and concurrency basics.
Technical
Explain how garbage collection works at a high level.
Tip: Reference counting vs tracing; tie it to a language you know.
Coding
Implement a function that groups an array of words by first letter.
Tip: Hash map keyed by first letter; handle empty strings.
Behavioral
Tell me about a time you had to learn something new quickly.
Tip: STAR with a time frame and the result you reached.
Frequently asked questions
How do I practice for Microsoft interviews on Apply?
Open /dashboard/mock-interview, set company to Microsoft and role to SDE Intern or new grad, enable coding, and practice coding plus design-lite rounds aloud. Use /prepare/microsoft-internship-guide and /pyqs for preparation.
Do Microsoft mocks include design rounds?
Yes — sessions include a design-lite segment with small system prompts, matching the rounds interns and new grads can face.
Is Microsoft mock interview practice free?
Yes after Google sign-in. Unlimited sessions with scored feedback on Apply.