I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (Mountain View, CA) in Sep 2022
Interview
Resume screening: Initially after applying resume screening is done, and suitable candidates get phone screen call. Typically response is in ~2-3 weeks.
Phone screen: 45min phone screen round with recruiter. Behavioral questions and basic product question. Next round call is in ~2 weeks approx.
On-site interview: 4 rounds back-to-back of PM interviews, 45min each and with gap of 15min between each round.
Decision/result on the offer shared on mail after ~2 weeks after on-site interviews.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Recruiter phone screen
1. What made you interested in tech?
2. What's your favorite Microsoft product? What are some of the issues with it?
3. A time when you were in difficult situation
4. A time when you had to deal with a conflict
5. A time you had to motivate a teammate through challenging problem
6. A time you gave outstanding service to customer (internal or external)
7. A time you learnt new technology, how did you do it
8. Why Microsoft
On-site PM rounds (4 rounds)
1. Conflict situation
2. Cross functional collaboration example
3. Project didn't go as expected or failure situation
4. Why DevOps, how does it excite you?
5. Favorite product in DevOps and why?
6. Design an elevator (product design question)
7. Something you innovated you're proud of
8. Anticipated customer needs
9. What would you do different than your PM?
10. How would you resolve differences with engineering manager?
2 week after applying online the recruiter called, we set up a phone screen, after that completed a 3x back to back interview with an hour break in between. Not too bad overall and very manageable
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a difficult stakeholder and how you handled the situation
Interviewed at Microsoft but I did not get an offer. Team was nice and there were free drinks and some snacks on site which was a plus. I would love to apply and interview again!
I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA)
Interview
Typical behavioral interview process. STAR format style interview questions. Why do you want to work at Microsoft, tell me about a time questions, greatest strengths, greatest weaknesses. Consisted of a recruiter screening, and three back to back interviews with senior and principal PMs.
Product Manager 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 60% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Product Manager roles take an average of 28 days to get hired, when considering 264 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 Product Manager according to 264 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 32%
Phone interview: 23%
Skills test: 11%
Group panel interview: 7%
Background check: 7%
Presentation: 6%
Personality test: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Drug test: 3%
Other: 2%
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