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Microsoft Frontend Interview questions with expert answers
Microsoft is considered one of the Big Five American information technology companies alongside Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, and Meta. In April 2019, Microsoft reached a trillion-dollar market cap, becoming the third public U.S. company valued at over $1 trillion and reaching a revenue of US$245.1 billion in 2024.
So if that got you excited let’s cover a few questions asked in the frontend interview round of Microsoft.
Q1. Search page which highlights search queries in results
Problem statement:
Create a full-page search using only Javascript, HTML, and CSS. Main functionalities to include:
- The top bar contains an input text box, allowing the user to enter the search string and call to fetch the data.
- The main layout contains paginated search results.
- Each search result includes a snippet/preview of the search object (~500 characters), with the search string highlighted.
Approach
Solving such problems requires a proper approach that breaks the problem into smaller parts.
So let’s first list down our approach:
