I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Seattle, WA) in Dec 2008
Interview
Communication started through contact with headhunter in Feb 08. Interviews were delayed till Dec.
Interviewed with a Strategy team for one of the company's flagship products.
The interview consisted in multiple 1o1s with senior management, including:
- a case interview on marketing
- multiple strategy questions re: possible future strategic options for the product
- questions on a product I liked (web 2.0) and how I would improve it.
- questions on product development process and my previous experience on the subject.
Overall impression of management impressive.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me how you perceive Apple to be a competitor of Microsoft.
great interview process with the team did a lot of whiteboarding and exercises with the rest of the crew this was a great process great interview process with the team did a lot of whiteboarding and exercises with the rest of the crew this was a great process
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
