Project Manager applicants have rated the interview process at Microsoft with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 60% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Project Manager roles take an average of 28 days to get hired, when considering 264 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 Project Manager according to 264 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 32%
Phone interview: 23%
Skills test: 11%
Group panel interview: 7%
Background check: 7%
Presentation: 6%
Personality test: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Drug test: 3%
Other: 2%
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After technical screening you will be provided with a case study to solve after which you will move to next rounds of the process of the selection. Last round will be with the TA lead and department head to check culture fit
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you manage a project where you need to scale up and scale down frequently?
2 week after applying online the recruiter called, we set up a phone screen, after that completed a 3x back to back interview with an hour break in between. Not too bad overall and very manageable
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a difficult stakeholder and how you handled the situation
Interviewed at Microsoft but I did not get an offer. Team was nice and there were free drinks and some snacks on site which was a plus. I would love to apply and interview again!
I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA)
Interview
Typical behavioral interview process. STAR format style interview questions. Why do you want to work at Microsoft, tell me about a time questions, greatest strengths, greatest weaknesses. Consisted of a recruiter screening, and three back to back interviews with senior and principal PMs.