I only did an interview with HR, was asked questions about how I had a problem in a project and solved it (in a technical way), then how I had a problem with my team members and how I approached it, what projects from Microsoft I like the most and why.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
You are given 3 boxes, each one has either apples, oranges, or apples and oranges. All three are labeled incorrectly in terms of what is inside of them. You can only pick out one item from each box and according to them find out the right label for each box.
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Seattle, WA) in Nov 2017
Interview
Phone screen, which I didn't pass - really weird and formal interviewer who seemed like she was just writing down my answers. I kept trying to make it conversational but the woman was really stiff about it.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Explain recursion to me as if I were a five-year-old.
I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Atlanta, GA) in Sep 2017
Interview
I am still in the process. I will actually be flying out tomorrow for Redmond for a 4 part final round interview. Process thus far has been good. I had an on campus interview that involved one coding question and one pm question. I heard back a few weeks later.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Take a Microsoft product and come up with three additional/new features.
Program Management applicants have rated the interview process at Microsoft with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 75% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Program Management roles take an average of 16 days to get hired, when considering 5 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 Program Management according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 29%
Presentation: 14%
Background check: 14%
Drug test: 14%
IQ intelligence test: 14%
One on one interview: 14%
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