Senior Manager applicants have rated the interview process at Microsoft with 3.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 33% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Manager roles take an average of 52 days to get hired, when considering 19 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Microsoft overall takes an average of 30 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Microsoft as a Senior Manager according to 19 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 34%
Phone interview: 31%
Group panel interview: 14%
Presentation: 7%
Background check: 7%
Drug test: 3%
Skills test: 3%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
First screening call with HR- max 3 mins: to verify you exist and detect any gaps with the job description.
First interview with one person- 30mins: HR this is the first real interview about skills vs job posting.
Second interview with panel- 30 mins: panel interview with hiring manager and some team extended members of your future team.
I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Nov 2025
Interview
TA Inverview: Had to submit three pages of pre-interview question answers via email and then had the screening interview, Then many weeks later told a new TA was working it and did another screening interview. So that's 2 screening interviews plus the offline screening submission. Moved to next round of 3 x 1:1 virtual interviews. Then ghosted. Finally saw in their system the job is closed, but did not even get the generic email so was very much ghosted.
Interview questions [4]
Question 1
Briefly summarize your resume/experience as it relates to this opportunity.
I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft (London, England) in Oct 2023
Interview
Great interview process and very kind interviewer. Very well structured interview. The interview lasted a bit more than 1h including 10 mins for Q&A. I was very impressed by all the information they shared.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why do you want to join us? How would you grow Microsoft business?