User Experience Designer applicants have rated the interview process at Microsoft with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 75% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for User Experience Designer roles take an average of 24 days to get hired, when considering 36 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 User Experience Designer according to 36 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 22%
One on one interview: 22%
Group panel interview: 15%
Background check: 14%
Presentation: 12%
Skills test: 8%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Drug test: 3%
Personality test: 1%
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I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA)
Interview
1. Submit your application via MS career website.
2. A recruiter will contact you to schedule the first phone interview.
3. 30min phone interview - You will chat with the recruiter to hear more about the position and share your background. If the recruiter feel confident about you, then he or she will ask about your schedule for the second interview.
4. 1hr phone interview - You will chat with a design manager from the team. You will present your projects, process, and answer questions. The atmosphere is very casual and tension-free. So as long as you are prepared, you should be fine :)
5. Onsite interview - If everything goes well so far, the recruiter will invite you to the site. The company will pay for tickets, hotel, and rental car. Below is how the onsite interview is structured.
5-1. Portfolio presentation - You will present your portfolio to everyone in a conference room. Expect 15-20ish audience size. They are very welcoming and friendly. So no pressure!
5-2. 1 on 1 - In person interview with a senior team member.
5-3. 1 on 1 - In person interview with a design manager.
5-4. Lunch talk with 2 senior members.
5-5. Design challenge exercise - You will get an hour to solve a very open ended design prompt and then to present to all interviewers you have met so far for 30mins. Use the whiteboard to show your thought process.
5-6. 1 on 1 - In person interview with a senior division leader.
6. Follow up and offer.
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It depends on your experience and background. They really want to know who you are.
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About yourself stay here very honest and talk also about hobbies
The interview was extremely thorough be sure to answer in star method. Make sure you know your case studies front to back because you’ll be asked about them. No matter what happens, be yourself
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Tell me about yourself?
Why do you want to work here?
Recruiters were incredibly slow at communication (and really unhelpful with preparation), interview process was unnecessarily long, and an interviewer was particularly hostile, standoffish, and condescending. The end-to-end interview process was draining.
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Was asked a significant amount of behavioral questions