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:
Phone interview: 50%
One on one interview: 50%
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I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Microsoft
Interview
Was referred by a friend. Got an on campus interview went around 30 minutes. I am a mechanical engineer and I was asked general questions about my CV and projects that I've worked on, coding that I have done and how i managed some of my projects
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Microsoft
Interview
It began when a former intern recommended me to their program. A recruiter emailed me and scheduled a phone screen. The phone screen went well and I was scheduled to fly into Redmond.
At Redmond I interviewed with 3 people. I was asked a couple coding questions and one design question. I honestly think I did well. I guess the key is to ask more questions once they ask you a question (which I knew to do) but make sure you ask good questions
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What's your favorite piece of software? Why? Now redesign it to be better
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Microsoft in Sep 2014
Interview
I applied the position through campus career fair and got a phone interview one week later. The 30-min phone interview went through my previous projects and asked me to design a smart chair.