Program Manager applicants have rated the interview process at Microsoft with 4 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 64% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Program Manager roles take an average of 60 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 55 days.
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I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Oct 2015
Interview
Scheduled with multiple people on same day. 2 interviews were via skype with people out of the area. One person said they had not looked at my resume before the interview. Did not hear back for 2 weeks, only to find out that they were no longer hiring for that particular position.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a difficult stakeholder on a project, the situation, and how you dealt with them
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Nov 2015
Interview
Was emailed by a campus recruiter. Had an on-campus interview that lasted only 15 minutes. Easy design question. Was then told I did well, and was flown out to Seattle to interview at Redmond. At Redmond, had 5 interviews (including 1 lunch interview). A couple of harder design question, and only 1 interview in which there were programming questions (relatively straight forward). Final interview of the day was short. The interviewer was very straightforward. Told me what I did well on and what I didn't do well on. Then told me to prove why I was capable of getting better at the aspects he mentioned that I under-performed on.
I applied through other source. I interviewed at Microsoft
Interview
Since I was already with a company my interview process was less complex and shorter. I had a face to face chat with the hiring manager and with her boss.
There was no HR interview.
Process was divided in two phases. It took over 3 weeks to get the confirmation that I got the job.
There was no salary increase with this role change.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe how would you improve the following project if you were PM