Senior Product Manager applicants have rated the interview process at Microsoft with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 62% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Product Manager roles take an average of 32 days to get hired, when considering 63 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Microsoft overall takes an average of 30 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Microsoft as a Senior Product Manager according to 63 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 27%
One on one interview: 27%
Background check: 12%
Skills test: 8%
Presentation: 7%
Group panel interview: 6%
Drug test: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
Personality test: 2%
Other: 1%
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There were three main rounds. The first round was an introduction (resume based). The second round was a product case study round and the final round was a cultural fitment and behavioural round with the Hiring Manager.
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Question 1
How would you improve LinkedIn's Jobs product to get a higher number of applications.
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Interview questions [1]
Question 1
great interview process with the team did a lot of whiteboarding and exercises with the rest of the crew this was a great process
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Microsoft
Interview
4 rounds of PM interviews. Quick scheduling, happened back to back within 2 days. The questions were around product design and thinking, with few questions on past work experience. If you follow a structured problem solving approach, you are good to go.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- Design a search engine for kids
- Design an online learning platform
Simple -- recruiter screening first, then hiring manager interview. After that, interview with four different people. One was a technical interview with lunch. The other was with a potential teammate, then the Principal Group PM and the Principal PM Manager