Programme 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 Programme 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 through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Microsoft in Sep 2010
Interview
I was asked to choose any software product , discuss its essential features, do its competitive analysis and finally prioritize the features you feel the product should have. Then I was asked a puzzle as to how to shuffle a deck of cards randomly.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Discuss a software product say Bing, prioritize its features and do a competitive analysis
I applied in-person. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Feb 2008
Interview
A very thorough and detailed interview over 5 hours. 4 hours of 1:1 interviews (1 hour slots) and 1 panel interview with 2 individuals. Each manager was involved in checking a certain competency (such as cross-group collaboration, leadership, leading without authority, innovation, etc.)
The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Nov 2008
Interview
It was a long day of on-site interview. Met with 5 program managers (from 10 am till 5 pm). Most of the questions were a combination of technical and management skills. One of the interviews is a lunch interview. The questions complexity was increasing from one manager to another. The lunch interview is basically conducted to test your social and communications skills. Yet, my interviewer looked like a silent "geeky" guy, so I had to think of so many conversations in order to pass the time.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Suppose you are to release a software with a certain set of features on a certain tight deadline. Yet, your team was not able to complete all the agreed-upon features. What would you do?