Microsoft Junior Software Engineer interview questions
Updated Jan 14, 2026
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I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Microsoft in Feb 2023
Interview
Codility test for 75 min. 2 medium questions. wasn't too hard, but there wasn't much time so it was kind of intense. I didn't pass because the second question I didn't do too well.
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Question 1
1. Minium ways to split a string s.t. substrings don't have 2 same letters ( same order) 2. the frog maximum distance question (search it online)
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Chicago, IL) in Apr 2022
Interview
The phone screen was quick and had five questions. Review basic definitions and concepts; classes vs object, etc. I do not know what else to say here for the required thirty word minimum.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Tel Aviv) in Jan 2022
Interview
At first you must a home test including three questions which is done through codility. Secondly there is a personality interview, mostly questions about your CV. Then there is a series of three coding and design interviews