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Updated Apr 2, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Marketing at Microsoft
Posted Apr 2, 2012
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2011 in Redmond, WA (took 3 weeks)
A recruiter contacted me and I was put in touch with department heads. We had two interviews. One skype, one in person. They asked me a variety of questions about my experience related to marketing and through hypothetical situations at me. It was a fairly painless process and everyone was quite friendly.
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Reason for Declining
Not the right position.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Marketing at Microsoft
Posted Mar 6, 2012
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3.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2012 (took 3 weeks)
Focused on general marketing questions, non-tech related
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The interview consisted of a Skills Test.
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Marketing at Microsoft
Posted Oct 24, 2011
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2011 in Redmond, WA (took a day)
The Microsoft process is a very thorough process that takes you to campus for a series of interviews (typically an entire afternoon or morning). In my case, I had 4 back-to-back 1:1 interviews and 3 of them were behavioral "fit" interviews where the interviewers just wanted to get to know me. Three of those were with fairly senior people, one was with a more junior member of the team. My one case interview went poorly (on my part): I had been asked to prep for Marketing-style questions ("what's the best marketed product," "how would you improve X product," etc.), and the only question my case interviewer asked me was "How would you price our product?" The interviewer helped me narrow it down later, but didn't add much to clarify while I tried to think about all the different pricing issues with software products. I probably got dinged on that interview alone. Very unfortunate, since I've interned there and I love Microsoft. Lesson learned: be very sure to know exactly what group you're interviewing for, if possible.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Marketing at Microsoft
Posted Sep 29, 2010
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3.0
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2010 in Fort Lauderdale, FL (took 3 months)
Recruiting process delivered by Microsoft HR department is the most wasting and dissapointing experience I have ever had. Microsoft have become in this heavy an inefficient dinosaur company loosing any trace of agility that once existed. You can expect many weeks to be passed between interviews with no status update sent to you from HR reps or Hiring Mgr whatsoever. My last process with them lasted 3 Months!, I went through 7 interviews, you have no more choice than just wait for days not knowing what's going on between interviews. Things that may happen:
1. You are not the selected candidate, and they can't care any less that they have you waiting in the process for long, great chances are that they won't extend to you the courtesy to at least to let you know it's over.
2. They "use" you as "the stuffing": by HR internal policies to hire a position a Minimum number of candidates needs to apply and be interviewed in every process ... You can find yourself waisting your precious time during the whole process not even having a chance right from the beginning.
3. You can be the selected candidate and be giving an offer, but again the absurd process can take forever... Not sure if it's worth.
I have seen these happening many times both from inside (Im a former MS Employee) and from outside as I explored for a while to get back in... (I know... Bad idea). At the end of the day, fortunately the fact that MS HR and lousy mgmt have wasted my time turned out the best for me, as that gave me the opportunity to look outside and find a great new job in another major IT company. Happy me.
Yes, Its true!: There's a great life after MSFT.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Marketing at Microsoft
Posted Jun 17, 2010
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2008 in Redmond, WA (took 1 week)
i was an internal candidate so my interview process was pretty short. i interviewed first with the hiring manager and then with five people from the extended team of cross-group stakeholders. the interviews were pretty standard. nothing out of the ordinary.
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Negotiation Details
negotiation happened through the recruiter in email. i was able to negotiate a salary and level increase.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Marketing at Microsoft
Posted Apr 1, 2010
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jun 2008 (took 1 week)
1:1 interview loop with the hiring manager, two director level managements, GM level management, and 1 team mate. Each lasted about an hour. The hiring manager's manager was very enthusiastic after extending me an offer until I accepted. He called me at my work phone, cell phone, even at home to try to convince me to work for them.
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