Program Manager 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 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 69.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Program Manager roles take an average of 60 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Microsoft overall takes an average of 45 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Microsoft as a Program Manager according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 50%
Phone interview: 50%
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Onsite interview. One algorithm question. One production design question. One soft skills question. There were four interview blocks. They lied and said that getting three of four was random. It was not.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design a lightbulb. The trick is to ask questions about the lightbulb.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Seattle, WA) in Sep 2017
Interview
A phone interview by a recruiter.
Once they were happy, it was followed by an interview in Seattle where they flew me to.
The onsite interview involved a half day of small interviews with different program managers.
It was a university interview where they came to the school to interview us. My interviewer was a Software Engineer and told me upfront he did not know much about Program Management.