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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very professional had first round with hr followed by a few rounds of technical and product interviews questions were related to the engineering stack and product strategy interesting interview process overall
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product related analytical and reasoning questions
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Microsoft in Nov 2021
Interview
The practical side of arranging the interviews felt a little messy at times, but the full interview session (5 in one day) felt very thoughtful and genuine. After the interview day, I stopped hearing back and had to send reminders to various people, it ended up taking months before finally hearing it was a no.
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Tell me about a time when you failed and how did you deal with it?
The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA)
Interview
Recruiter screen, hiring manager screen, set up final screen. Ghosted after being told to expect an email regarding setting up my final screen. Really bad look for a company as big as Microsoft