I applied through an employee referral. The process took 7 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (New York, NY) in Nov 2022
Interview
1 phone screen with a recruiter: just behavioral, asked about stuff on my resume and favorite Microsoft product. Final 4 back-to-back 45-min interviews with 4 different product managers: expect 1 product design question but was mostly behavioral, they go deep in your resume.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Phone screen: - Why are you interested in technology? - Why Microsoft? - What’s your favorite Microsoft product and how would you improve it? - Tell me a time where you built a product preemptly to user reactions.
Rec call followed by 3 back to back - face to face
Ask follow up questions, take time and answer only when you're ready to answer. Learn about the org inhand and dont make up stories. Be real !
Hiring Screen + Final Loop ( 3 Rounds)
Behavior + system design + case study ( Ask clarifying questions, go over background etc) - 30-45 min each round - 3 different interviewers. all go over your background and pick a experience to dive deep into
the interview process involved 3 separate interviews with different product/program managers on the same team. The interview was mostly behavioral, although there were a few curveballs (1 quantitative question, 1 difficult product design/technical question)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time you had to choose between two options