Digital Specialist 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 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Digital Specialist roles take an average of 30 days to get hired, when considering 1 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 Digital Specialist according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:
Background check: 20%
Personality test: 20%
One on one interview: 20%
Skills test: 20%
Phone interview: 20%
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I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft in Aug 2022
Interview
Three 30 minute interviews conducted by different people. Not a very technical process at all. There was a role play session as well. There was an emphasis on culture and team attitude.
3 stages broken into recruiter call, meeting with a manager and the final with a director
Competency based Interview
Understanding the Microsoft ecosystem and leveraging partners to scale deals
Ability to thrive in ambiguity
Solid understanding and knowledge of the UK market
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Competency based interview
How do you manage a difficult customer
How do you manage stakeholders
The whole process consisted of the following:
First is was an HR interview, then a manager interview, then a technical interview, then a team fit interview (with colleagues) and lastly a director level interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Mainly use case questions. For the manager interview: if a customer said they thought Microsoft was too complex, what would you do? Technical interview, was questions on e.g. if a customer had this challenge - what would you suggest.