July 7, 2016

25 Tricky Microsoft Interview Questions You Don’t Want to be Asked

Microsoft is one of the large software companies in the world. But in order to get placed and work at the tech giant, you’ll have to answer some tricky questions first. Working at Microsoft is really one of the most precious ambition of the most of the young graduates. Microsoft is no exception to the typical method of interviews which are conducted by itself for different ambitious folks to work with it. Usually, interview questions are posed to the candidates and other techies related to technical based on their past work experience and some questions connected with tricky problems.

Here, we’ve compiled some of the toughest Microsoft interview questions asked at Microsoft interviews. Whether you’re looking for a programming job or a position doing marketing, Microsoft’s interview questions will give you a way to your capital.

Q#1. Tell me how you would Design an Airport?  [Program Manager Candidate]

Design plan for Airport
Design plan for Airport

Q#2. How do you form relationships with team members who work out of state or the country?  [Executive Business Administrator Candidate]

25 Tough questions at Microsoft Interviews

Q#3. Build a list of all words in a novel as well as a count of duplicate words.  [Software Development Engineer Candidate]

25 Tough questions at Microsoft Interviews

Q#4. Design the research plan for a brand new wearable product.  [Design Researcher Candidate]

25 tricky Interview Questions asked at Microsoft Interviews

Q#5. How would you guide your Grandmother if her PC wasn’t working?  [Support Engineer Candidate]

25 Tricky Microsoft Interview Questions

Q#6. Devise a way to make sure there is always milk in my Fridge.  [Summer intern Candidate]

25 tricky Interview Questions at Microsoft Interviews

Q#7. How would you determine if a Deck of Cards is well or poorly shuffled?  [Software Development Engineer Candidate]

25 Brilliant Microsoft Interview Questions

Q#8. Why are Manholes Round?  [Software Development Engineer Candidate]

Why are manholes round

Q#9. Explain Recursion to a 5-year-old kid.   [Software Engineer Candidate]

Microsoft Interview question

Q#10. Describe a difficult co-worker relationship.  [Senior Program Manager Candidate]

Tough Microsoft Interview Questions

Q#11. If you were standing in a crowd of people, how would you stand out?  [ Site Manager Candidate]

Microsoft Interview questions

Q#12. If you had a choice between Two Superpowers (being invisible, or flying) which would you choose?  [High-Level Product Lead Candidate]

Tricky Microsoft Interview Questions

Q#13. Show us an example of a Website with Great Design.   [User Experience Design Candidate]

Interview questions asked at Microsoft

Q#14. Write a program to simulate the Writing of a Ransom Note given a Magazine from which letters can be extracted.  [Software Engineer Candidate]

25 tricky Interview Questions asked at Microsoft Interviews

Q#15. How many times do the hour and minute hands of a clock overlap in a 24-hour period?  [Software Development Engineer Candidate]

25 Tricky Microsoft Interview Questions

Q#16. How many children are born every day?  [Global Supply Manager Candidate]

25 Brilliant Microsoft Interview Questions

Q#17. If you have 2 eggs, and you want to figure out what’s the highest floor from which you can drop the egg without breaking it, how would you do it? What’s the optimal solution? [Software Engineer Candidate]

25 Tricky Microsoft Interview Questions that you wouldn't expect

Q#18. Design a GPS for a 16-year-old.  [Product Manager Candidate]

Design a GPS

Q#19. Scenario: You’re dealing with an angry customer who was waiting for help for the past 20 minutes and is causing a commotion. She claims that she’ll just walk over to Best Buy or the Microsoft Store to get the computer she wants. Resolve this issue.  [Specialist Candidate]

How to deal with angry customer

Q#20. How would you solve slow start up issues on a laptop/computer?  [Customer service advisor Candidate]

25 Tough questions at Microsoft Interviews

Q#21. Show me (role play) how you would show a customer you’re willing to help them by only using your voice.  [College At-Home Advisor Candidate]

25 tricky Interview Questions asked at Microsoft Interviews 2

Q#22. How would you Test a Toaster?   [Software QA Engineer Candidate]

Test a toaster

Q#23. How would you test your Favorite App? [Software QA Engineer Candidate]

25 Brilliant Microsoft Interview Questions

Q#24. You put a glass of water on a record turntable and begin slowly increasing the speed. What happens first – does the glass slide off, tip over, or does the water splash out?  [Mechanical Engineer Candidate]

25 Brilliant Microsoft Interview Questions

Q#25. If you were in an elevator with the CEO of a company. How would you explain the cloud in 90 seconds?  [Technical Account Manager Candidate]

25 Tough questions at Microsoft Interviews

Are you able to answer any of the above questions asked at Microsoft Interviews? Try it!

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Imran Uddin


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