I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Microsoft (New York, NY) in Feb 2017
Interview
Was very strange. I was contacted by in an in house MS recruiter through linked in. We exchanged a few emails back and forth and set up a day/time for a call. When that time came, she didn't call me as she said she would, so I called her. She said she was in the middle of a conference so we needed to set up the call for the following day. Didn't hear from her again. Followed up with a call. Nothing. Then an email. Nada.
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Question 1
She asked about my current position which was similar to the role she wanted to fill.
Interview process went smoothly. I had three rounds of interviews and was officially offered the position the next week. Confidence and honesty are key to a successful interview with Microsoft. Good luck!
Pretty easy questions, more focused on vibe than experience. Asked to sell a pen to the interviewer. Overall not a bad process. They will fly you to the North Ryde office and you will get to meet your future team too.
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Question 1
If you had a customer wanting to change providers, how would you best approach the conversation
1) interview with recruiter
2) interviews with managers (1 presentation, 1 group case)
Interview process is not that hard if you fit with the culture, they are interested and ask a lot of questions about you as a person which is nice
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How would you describe the cloud to a kid (recruiter interview)?
Sales Executive 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 80% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Sales Executive roles take an average of 41 days to get hired, when considering 5 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 Sales Executive according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 23%
Background check: 15%
Group panel interview: 15%
Drug test: 15%
Presentation: 15%
One on one interview: 15%
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