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Microsoft Engage to SWE internship at Microsoft

apurva866 on September 17, 2021

Each year, over 25–30k students apply for the Microsoft engage program and only 500–700 students get selected for the mentorship. I was one of the ...
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Anuj

Uhh this year, there are 2 tests. One was 10q. MCQ in 30mins and 2nd test is 2q. In 30mins(type=unknown).
So any idea what kind of question they might be and also what level of DSA is required in their interview.

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Dinesh Kumar

I will be completing my 2nd year in May 2022. Will i be able to apply for this Microsoft Engage Program ?

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apurva866

Yes sure, it also depends on the college I think, if microsoft visits your campus for oncampus internships then definitely!

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suhaasv02

How hard is the first selection MCQ test? Are there any direct questions ? Around which month does the applications roll out for 2nd year students?

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apurva866

I participated through Microsoft engage program, the test had 15 questions, half of them had MCQ questions rest of them had text based questions. And the time limit was 45 mins. And application rolls out in May

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suhaasv02 • Edited

What if Microsoft doesnt come to some campus? ;) Can we apply through careers portal ?

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apurva866

You can but from what I noticed from the selected students is that for almost most of them microsoft visited oncampus!

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suhaasv02

oops ;(

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vradhi bishnoi

Is this mentorship program paid?

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apurva866

no, it gives interview opportunity for internship @ Microsoft

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vradhi bishnoi

Ok...and does it gives swags..🤔🤔

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apurva866

yes

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Anuradha Naidu

Is this mentorship and then the internship ...limited to only some locations ?? and we have to relocate ??

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apurva866

for us it was location independant as it was online mentorship program, this year I'm not sure

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Kiran Deep

Were you familiar with the technologies you used in project(nodejs, mongodb, expressjs, socketio, etc.,) before you were into the project?

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apurva866

I knew NodeJS (ExpressJS) but not socket.io and WebRTC

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Aryaman Godara

Hey , nice article.. I am shortlisted for last round at ms engage 22 but there are only two question this time in time of 30 minutes.

Actually I am amazed that even though your product is so nice but still you did not receive offer ...

by the way do we get chance to visit Microsoft's office or is it completely online

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YASH KATARIA

Hey, I got selected for microsoft engage this year
Came across your article before round 2 and it was really helpful :)
Can u suggest some tips or steps to follow now so that I get the internship after the engage program?

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Khalid

Is it only for Java programmers!?

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apurva866

No any 2nd year can apply. There's no specific tech stack needed.

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Vipin Chaudhary

Well I had a small doubt about eligibility,
Are 2023 graduates eligible for the 2022 programme ?

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apurva866

No only 2nd years are eligible

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Hritik Sharma

How many questions did you answered correctly ?

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Ujjawal Kumar

But the company visit's for oncampus from july and Engage test is in May(I guess) so how does it matter if the company visit's a particular college or not. Plz explain

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Mandar Patil

How many participants got direct internship offer?

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Ketan Rathod

From where to get all the updates regarding internship and all ?

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apurva866

You can follow Arsh goyal on Linkedin, he posts updates about a lot of opportunities on his youtube channel