Programme Manager 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 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 61.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Programme Manager roles take an average of 28 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Microsoft overall takes an average of 31 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Microsoft as a Programme Manager according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 33%
One on one interview: 33%
Background check: 33%
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Behavioral and product design questions. I was asked 1 coding question but it was not difficult and I didn’t have to write the code down, just had to explain it. The recruitment process was incredibly slow though
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Microsoft (Seattle, WA)
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Recruiter reached out about a hiring event. Applied for it, got invited. The only confusing aspect was that i had no idea what team I was applying for, so it was kind of hard to research. They gave me an invite link the day before the interview and i joined without knowing who I would be speaking with from what team. Otherwise, the conversations were great, and the interview was entirely product/behavioural.
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Under NDA, but most questions were how would you improve X, or situational type.
I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft (Seattle, WA) in Jan 2021
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Program Manager - Facilitation Excellence Role
The process was longgg, not particularly rigorous, but just lengthy and drawn out. The initial screening call with the recruiter happened the 2nd week of October, the 2nd round interview (Hiring Manager) happened the final week of December, the virtual onsite happened mid-January. The recruiter was very unresponsive for most of the process and failed to provide any updates when I reached out via email or phone.
In terms of the actual interviews, they were very straight-forward. Just disappointing their recruitment process and candidate experience was so bad. I didn't receive an offer but even if I did I would second guess accepting it since many of the reviews here say similar things so it's likely an indication of the work environment I'd be stepping into and how poor the communication and systems are internally.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Competency based scenarios using examples from previous experiences