I applied in-person. The process took 8 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Apr 2011
Interview
It involved one phone screen and 5 in-person interviews. I was internal candidate, so I applied through internal job portal. the team took a long time to make decision.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The questions were on the background, why product management, why that group and situational / behavioral questions such as how would you convince others, when you made use of data etc. Other questions relates to product management on how would you make make payments easy on phones and xbox.
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%
Background check: 7%
Group panel interview: 7%
Presentation: 6%
Personality test: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Drug test: 3%
Other: 2%
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