Senior Project 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 Project 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 Project 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 a recruiter. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Chicago, IL) in Feb 2010
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Cumbersome, crazy questions (how would you test an ink pen). I have been doing my job for 15+ years, getting these questions made me wonder about the company.
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Ethics - If you are out of country, and the norm is to bribe to get the deal done, do you bribe?
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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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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- 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