Microsoft Coding Interview Questions
These are the 29 Microsoft coding interview questions AceOffer has reconstructed from candidate reports, sorted by how often each was reported. Top K: Largest Elements, Most Frequent, Ranked Apps and Stores leads at 7×. Every question shows when it was last reported; the catalog refreshes monthly.
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Key facts
- •29 distinct coding questions indexed
- •85 candidate reports across those questions
- •Most reported: Top K: Largest Elements, Most Frequent, Ranked Apps and Stores — 7× (last seen September 2026)
- •Refreshed monthly · last updated October 2026
Which Microsoft rounds ask coding questions?
Microsoft draws coding questions from the rounds below. Counts are distinct questions, not times asked.
Most reported: Number of Islands and Its Variants (Islands II, Largest Island, Region Sizes) — 7×
Most reported: Top K: Largest Elements, Most Frequent, Ranked Apps and Stores — 7×
Most reported: OA: Balanced Permutation (Is 1..k a Contiguous Block, for Every k) — 3×
Which Microsoft coding questions get asked most?
Sorted by candidate-report frequency. Click any question for the full breakdown.
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