First, an on campus interview with a business operations / analytics manager, in person interview with lots of engineering managers.
Second, onsite interview with engineering and program managers. The team i was interviewing for seemed super engineering oriented (their product is kinda like a microsoft engineering consultancy) so I had more engineering/cs questions that the average interview
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
First Round (One Campus)
- Why Microsoft
- Tell me about a product you use
- How would you improve that product
Second Round
- Implement LRU Cache (rip)
- Behavioral questions (leadership, teamwork, experiences)
- Deep dive into trends into the technology industry
- Behavioral product management execution (how would you go about improving this metric for your product type)
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (Seattle, WA) in Mar 2022
Interview
I had one phone screen that consisted of common behavioral questions and a design question. I then moved on to the final interview day that consisted of 4 virtual interviews on MS teams. Every interview was behavioral questions and probing to see if I understood the product that team was working on. Didn't get any design or technical questions on the final interview day. I suggest building a relationship with the recruiter to determine what team you are interviewing with so you have a deeper understanding of there product.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design a kitchen,
Why Microsoft,
Strengths and Weaknesses,
Product knowledge for that team,
Common behavioral questions
I applied through university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (San Diego, CA) in Nov 2012
Interview
I talked to the HR representative at our school job fair and was scheduled for a on-campus interview. The HR is very professional and friendly in terms of replying emails, answering questions...etc. However, the interview itself went pretty bad. I knew they will ask you the position you're looking for and ask you questions based on that (e.g., ask you design questions if you're looking for a PM position and algorithms/ coding if you're looking for a SDE).
After I told the interviewer I'm looking for a PM position he kept asking me about algorithms and even asked me to optimize it when I gave him the answer. Since the questions weren't hard, I was able to answer them quickly, but he just kept going deeper and deeper until one point I couldn't come up with answers.
I talked to other people who interviewed with other interviewers and they said theirs weren't that bad so I guess I just got unlucky.
