Senior Product Manager applicants have rated the interview process at Microsoft with 3.3 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 66.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Product Manager roles take an average of 32 days to get hired, when considering 63 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 Senior Product Manager according to 63 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 27%
One on one interview: 27%
Background check: 12%
Skills test: 8%
Presentation: 7%
Group panel interview: 6%
Drug test: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
Personality test: 2%
Other: 1%
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Feb 2007
Interview
Had initial phone screen for position, then talked to two different people to screen for my technical depth. Once I made it through that I was flown to the main campus for a few interviews and then asked to present my strategy on the product. Once I presented to a group I waited to hear back. Typically between me and two other people. Didn't get the interview but it was a thorough and challenging process.
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Question 1
What has been the hardest thing for you to convince your superiors of and what did you do to get them to agree?
great interview process with the team did a lot of whiteboarding and exercises with the rest of the crew this was a great process great interview process with the team did a lot of whiteboarding and exercises with the rest of the crew this was a great process
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Question 1
great interview process with the team did a lot of whiteboarding and exercises with the rest of the crew this was a great process
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Microsoft
Interview
4 rounds of PM interviews. Quick scheduling, happened back to back within 2 days. The questions were around product design and thinking, with few questions on past work experience. If you follow a structured problem solving approach, you are good to go.
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Question 1
- Design a search engine for kids
- Design an online learning platform
Simple -- recruiter screening first, then hiring manager interview. After that, interview with four different people. One was a technical interview with lunch. The other was with a potential teammate, then the Principal Group PM and the Principal PM Manager