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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I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Apr 2018
Interview
I’ve interview with 5 different person and they were so helpful. Did not get too much pressure. Since the position is related with risk, i’ve got too many risk questions.
I applied through college or university. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Oct 2018
Interview
4 rounds of back-to-back interviews onsite. The experience was very nice overall, and all my interviewers were kind and patient. Though I might have screwed something up during the last round of my interview as by the end my interviewer said something like "good luck" and "you should be notified the decision very soon" :(.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Very detailed questions on my resume, behaviour questions, design questions. Nothing technical.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Microsoft
Interview
Four back to back onsite interview in Redmond. Includes product design, coding, behavior questions. Be sure to talk about your project experiences both technically and nontechnically. For product design questions, refer to cracking the pm interview book. It really helps.