Microsoft interview experience Real time questions & tips from candidates to crack your interview

SDE - 1

Microsoft
upvote
share-icon
1 rounds | 3 Coding problems

Interview preparation journey

expand-icon
Preparation
Duration: 2 months
Topics: DSA, DBMS, Puzzles, OS, System Design
Tip
Tip

Tip 1 : Never never try to cheat in online interview the interviewer will definitely get to know.
Tip 2 : Psuedo code presentation matters a lot so name Your variable properly and with proper indentation.
Tip 3 : Keep on trying even if You feel that's not the right answer so at least put that idea forward.
Tip 4 : Do Leetcode medium questions as much as possible As they are mostly asked in Interviews.

Application process
Where: Company Website
Eligibility: no criteria
Resume Tip
Resume tip

Tip 1 : Avoid unnecessary details on Resume
Tip 2 : Make It look clean and also keep it of one page

Interview rounds

01
Round
Easy
Online Coding Test
Duration120 minutes
Interview date16 Jul 2021
Coding problem3

1. N Queens

Hard
55m average time
35% success
0/120
Asked in companies
AmazonAdobeIntuit

You are given an integer 'N'. For a given 'N' x 'N' chessboard, find a way to place 'N' queens such that no queen can attack any other queen on the chessboard.

A queen can be killed when it lies in the same row, or same column, or the same diagonal of any of the other queens. You have to print all such configurations.

Try solving now

2. Minimum Number of Platform Needed

Easy
23m average time
85% success
0/40
Asked in companies
Lenskart.comQualcommGartner

You are given the arrival and departure times of N trains at a railway station in a day. You need to find the minimum of platforms required for the railway station such that no train waits i.e No train should wait for the platform to be clear or free.

Try solving now

3. Trapping Rain Water

Moderate
15m average time
80% success
0/80
Asked in companies
HCL TechnologiesCiti BankAtlassian

You have been given a long type array/list 'arr’ of size 'n’.


It represents an elevation map wherein 'arr[i]’ denotes the elevation of the 'ith' bar.



Note :
The width of each bar is the same and is equal to 1.
Example:
Input: ‘n’ = 6, ‘arr’ = [3, 0, 0, 2, 0, 4].

Output: 10

Explanation: Refer to the image for better comprehension:

Alt Text

Note :
You don't need to print anything. It has already been taken care of. Just implement the given function.
Try solving now

Here's your problem of the day

Solving this problem will increase your chance to get selected in this company

Skill covered: Programming

How do you remove whitespace from the start of a string?

Choose another skill to practice
Similar interview experiences
company logo
SDE - 1
5 rounds | 15 problems
Interviewed by Microsoft
4035 views
0 comments
0 upvotes
company logo
SDE - 1
5 rounds | 7 problems
Interviewed by Microsoft
2661 views
0 comments
0 upvotes
company logo
SDE - 1
1 rounds | 2 problems
Interviewed by Microsoft
7425 views
0 comments
0 upvotes
company logo
SDE - 1
4 rounds | 7 problems
Interviewed by Microsoft
1272 views
0 comments
0 upvotes
Companies with similar interview experiences
company logo
SDE - 1
5 rounds | 12 problems
Interviewed by Amazon
115097 views
24 comments
0 upvotes
company logo
SDE - 1
3 rounds | 7 problems
Interviewed by Amazon
35147 views
7 comments
0 upvotes
company logo
SDE - 1
3 rounds | 11 problems
Interviewed by Amazon
21829 views
4 comments
0 upvotes