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Updated Nov 8, 2011 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Account Manager at Microsoft
Posted Nov 8, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 (took a day)
It was a regular half hour talk. A senior manager interviewed me on campus and we were talking about next gen technologies like future of cloud computing, ipv6, issues with cloud computing and things like that. I told him I am not a programmer and I won't be able to answer any algorithm based questions.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Account Manager at Microsoft
Posted Aug 19, 2010
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2009 in Redmond, WA (took 3 weeks)
Applied on the website as I have done many, many times before. Pretty much has always been a black hole because I never before received any kind of feedback or response. Was surprised to be contacted by email by a recruiter a couple of weeks after I had applied. Recruiter suggested a number of times and we settled on a time a week later.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Account Manager at Microsoft
Posted Jun 14, 2010
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5.0
Very Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2008 in Seattle, WA (took 1+ week)
I was doing an internal transfer and had to go through 6 interviews. This is usual for Microsoft, but slightly too much when you're transferring to the same team but working on another market.
Interviews at Microsoft are pretty hairy, tough questions, and it is important to prepare a lot of career examples of success, breakthrough, failures etc...
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Negotiation Details
The negotiation phase was short and the negotiating room is very limited. When joining Microsoft, you want to negotiate on your Level. The higher the level, the best it is. Fight for a higher level, this will pay down the line.
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I applied In-Person and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Account Manager at Microsoft
Posted Jun 6, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed May 2010 (took 2 days)
I submitted my resume online, then received a call from a Microsoft recruiter three days later. She was very nice and easy to talk to. She asked me for a range of available times to talk the next day. I gave her a range of 8 am until 11 am and then 4-5 pm. I received (without warning) a call at 8 am the next day. The phone interviewer had absolutely no personality whatsoever and was almost impossible to interact with. He did not want to do a face to face interview because he didn't think I had the necessary skills.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Account Manager at Microsoft
Posted May 20, 2010 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2010 in Seattle, WA (took 5+ weeks)
Overall negative experience. Was referred by an MS employee and after 14-day, received an automated email that said there were no jobs that fit at the time. Then a few weeks later received an email from the hiring manager. Had a phone screening with the hiring manager and he said that they would get me in-house. A month went by and nothing and I had disregarded it and moved on. Then I get an email apologizing for delay and that they would schedule me to bring in-house. Interview scheduled a week later and had a call with HR. He tells me that they're looking to move fast and that I should receive results the day after interviews. He had called a little late and was very apologetic for calling me late. Was super nice. Even gave me his phone number to reach out to him afterwards.
In-house interviews went fine. Everyone was nice. Had a loop of 3 potential colleagues, one of them a lunch interview. Then they decided they'd have another manager interview me, but it was not the hiring manager, which I thought was odd.
At any rate, I did not hear back the next day. I have followed up with the recruiter a few times and it has been a month and a half, and no response at all. Not even an automated "thanks for applying but this position has been filled" or "you weren't a good fit." Just nothing but arrogant silence. While I can infer that there is no offer in the pipeline, I just think it plain RUDE to treat people like this.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Account Manager at Microsoft
Posted Jun 7, 2009 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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5.0
Very Difficult Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2008 (took a day)
1:1 phone interview with the manager first. Then a 5 hour phone/face to face interview with various groups across the company. Each interviewer was different and some were unprepared, did not have my resume or the phone number to reach me at their offices. HR asked basic questions about your background, skills. Marketing asked questions about experience with marketing - and how you would help them with their position. Definitely read and know those thought questions about how to move Mt Fuji- I was asked several of those questions.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Background Check.
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Account Manager at Microsoft
Posted Mar 19, 2009 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2008 (took 3 weeks)
Initial interview was a quick "get to know you" on-premises with the Hiring Manager. A follow-up phone interview then took place with a Microsoft Recruiter. After the first phone interview, there was a day-long interview with six Microsoft employees either directly or indirectly related to the Account Manager position and also an intro interview with a Microsoft Recruiter. Lunch was provided and everyone tried to ensure that each of the applicants were comfortable and relaxed. After the day-long iterview, there was more correspondence with the Recruiter and also a phone interview with another Microsoft Manager.
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