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      Applied Scientist Intern Interview

      Oct 27, 2025
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Virgin, UT
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Virgin, UT) in Oct 2025

      Interview

      Phone screen with employee with very basic statistics and machine learning questions where they asked for my thought process during it. No coding involved and was only verbal didn't ask to share screen

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Given that we have a machine learning model that performs well locally but when deployed to users doesn't what could possible be the cause of this
      Answer question
      1

      Other Applied Scientist Intern Interview Reviews for Microsoft

      Applied Scientist Intern Interview

      Jun 14, 2026
      Anonymous employee
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft

      Interview

      The interview process started with a short 30-minute introductory interview, where we mainly discussed my previous experience, background, and motivation for the role. After that, I had three interviews in one day. One interview focused more on my previous projects and experience, while the other two were more technical and focused on machine learning theory, practical ML problem-solving, and model selection. The interviewers were very nice, professional, and the atmosphere was comfortable throughout the process.

      Interview questions [2]

      Question 1

      Describe how you would build a model that recognizes whether a person is wearing glasses in a photo.
      Answer question

      Question 2

      In which situations would you use different types of machine learning models, and what are some basic ideas behind transformers?
      Answer question

      Applied Scientist Intern Interview

      Jul 4, 2026
      Anonymous employee
      Cambridge, MA
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft (Cambridge, MA) in Apr 2026

      Interview

      The interview process included an initial screening stage followed by a final round. The final round consisted of three 45-minute interviews with short breaks in between. The discussions focused mainly on prior experience, research projects, machine learning fundamentals, model evaluation, experimentation, and applied problem-solving in product-oriented settings. There were also behavioral questions and discussion of how I approach failure analysis, data quality issues, and the practical impact of technical solutions.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      One time you had to modify an existing algorithm. Tell me about your research.
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      Applied Scientist Intern Interview

      Mar 9, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Microsoft

      Interview

      Two rounds of interview, both technical, in both rounds I was asked about my projects and very deep insights related to those, also the questions were very practical based ml questions, i was asked to do live coding also in both the rounds

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Mainly about projects and also live coding.
      Answer question
      1