I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (Milan) in May 2016
Interview
I got accepted to the second step of the recruiting process. The first step is a recorded interview where you will be asked to answer to 5-6 questions. You will have 30 seconds to prepare each question. I did not attend yet the second step that will be a skype interview
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why do you want to work for microsoft?
Other questions to understand how you work with difficult coworkers and how you handle problems. Nothing very difficult.
I didn’t make it past first round. The recruiter called said I’d be great fit then ghosted me. I tried to reach back out several times but never heard back.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked about my experience and what difficulties I had running campaigns.
The interview process was positive, was a decent length of time and was very clear the whole way through the process. Good experience overall, hard to find a negative. Not too hard but not too easy.
Like any other interview – over zoom, go over a case study. Need to prep a little but but mostly about answering questions with regards to the consumer product and knowing the market demographics inside out.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Case presentation on launching a new consumer product
Marketing 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 62% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Marketing roles take an average of 31 days to get hired, when considering 52 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 Marketing according to 52 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 26%
Phone interview: 19%
Group panel interview: 13%
Skills test: 13%
Presentation: 8%
Background check: 8%
Personality test: 6%
Other: 3%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Drug test: 1%
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