I applied through a staffing agency. I interviewed at Microsoft
Interview
Two interview rounds, one by phone, the other in-person. Sometimes there could be two in-person or you meet with several people. You will meet with those you will work with such as devs, PMs and maybe either a Design Director or Manager.
HR rounds first, and then comes the hiring manager round with portfolio review.
HM is nice, not too many and difficult questions.
But I think I interviewed too late, I got rescheduled on time, and waited for three weeks to interview.
I applied through other source. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Dec 2025
Interview
I interviewed with the hiring manager directly, and the following week, I was scheduled for a 1-hour portfolio presentation and 4 back-to-back individual interviews. The process was direct and quick.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
In what way have you directly influenced a project, and what was the outcome?
Focused portfolio review with a panel, followed by a set of interviews focused in behavioural questions - it can be a long day(s) but fairly simple considering there is no design exercise or take home
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Asked specific OKRs and lessons learned for each portfolio case study
Senior Product Designer applicants have rated the interview process at Microsoft with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 71% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Product Designer roles take an average of 21 days to get hired, when considering 7 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 Product Designer according to 7 Glassdoor interviews include:
Presentation: 18%
One on one interview: 18%
Group panel interview: 14%
Phone interview: 14%
Background check: 9%
Personality test: 9%
Skills test: 9%
Other: 5%
Drug test: 5%
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