I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Microsoft (Seattle, WA)
Interview
There was an on campus interview, followed by an on-site interview after a few weeks. The on-campus interview was 1:1, and about 30 minutes long. On site interview involved 4 rounds, with quite a few of the other groups of interns there. My guess based on the size of the program was that about 1/3 of the on-site interviewees ended up being hired for the internship.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Standard walk-me-through-your-resume, also asked for your favorite product and an explanation of why. Moreover, asked what your favorite Microsoft business unit was (or the one you were most interested in).
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%
Background check: 8%
Presentation: 8%
Personality test: 6%
Other: 3%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Drug test: 1%
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