Microsoft Research Intern Interview
Questions & Process
What 80 candidates said about the rounds, the
questions and how long the wait really is.
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Questions candidates reported
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“Reverse a string.”
Read reports →“What is overfitting?”
Read reports →“Solve a simple DSA problem”
Read reports →“So why this method work?”
Read reports →“Give me at least one idea that can improve the speed of the currently used data-flow analysis for this project?”
Read report →“Tell me about your research”
Read report →“Can you describe your past research experience?”
Read report →“What's your project?”
Read report →“Tell me about your work”
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The interview process
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“first round - ml questions, talked about things like metrics, regularization, and optimization. go over resume and ask about past experiences and how you implemented previous projects. second round - leetcode. third round - CV/NLP-related implementation”Candidate-reported process
“Interview about myself, my work, and an open question introducing their task and asking for solutions. Then a 3-step coding task on-site, I used Python. I had an empty room to sit there alone, and it took about 2 hours. In the end an employee came and I described him my process.”Candidate-reported process
“I was reached out to by the interviewer, who will also be my mentor. The first interview was a 30-minute talk with him about my research. The second round was with one of his teammates. Overall, the role was very research-focused — I mostly presented my work and talked about possible future directions that could match the team’s ongoing projects.”Candidate-reported processMore reports lockedRead 300+ more interview experiences
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