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Updated May 4, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Technical Account Manager at Microsoft
Posted May 4, 2012
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4.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2012 in Washington, DC (took 3+ weeks)
I blindly applied to a position in Seattle that sounded interesting. After a week or so, I received an email from a Microsoft Recruiter. The recruiter asked if I would be interested in interviewing for a position local to my area. I agreed. I had the first phone screen with the recruiter and she worked to quickly schedule my technical phone screen. After a successful phone screen, I had a phone interview with another person. Then, two weeks later, I was invited to "Microsoft Day" at their Reston, VA area office.
I arrived on site with three other people and interviewed for the position. I had three sessions, first one was with two individuals, second one with two individuals, and the third with one person. The interviews were all very positive and I enjoyed dealing with the individuals. The interviews were pretty straight forward and because it was a management-type role, I wasn't asked to perform equations or write code or anything like that. The questions were well thought out and I believed that I had answered them well.
Sure enough, that night, I received a call from the recruiter (9pm) who told me that they indeed thought I had done a good job and was preparing to offer me a position.
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Negotiation Details
I received a call the day after my interview day from the person responsible for putting together the offer and he explained "Microsoft's Compensation Philosophy." I was told it would take a few days to get the offer approved and into the system. Terms of the offer were not shared with me at that time. The following Tuesday, I received my initial offer. I had read for three days about negotiating salary and had decided that regardless of offer, I was going to counter. I did, in fact counter. Microsoft is not very flexible with salaries or vacation days offered, but was flexible on signing bonus and stock offerings.
I received a counter-counter-offer three days later that was substantially better in all facets and I accepted. I would recommend understanding your value in the market, understand the compensation philosophy, and take into consideration the long term view as opposed to the short term gain.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Background Check.
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Technical Account Manager at Microsoft
Posted Apr 17, 2012
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2011 in Charlotte, NC (took a day)
The hiring process was an initial phone screen followed by 4 one on one interviews at a regional company location. The interviewers were nice and mainly focused on dealing with specific situations, critical thinking skills as well as overall personality and enthusiasm. My advice, think through each question and do it out loud so the interviewers can get an idea of your thinking process.
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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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Technical Account Manager at Microsoft
Posted Apr 15, 2012
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2011 (took 2 months)
Had 2 rounds of interview (First + Final). The entire process took 2 months. Overall the experience was very nice. Had an absolutely amazing experience.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Technical Account Manager at Microsoft
Posted Mar 25, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2012 in Charlotte, NC (took a day)
Four, 45 minute interviews on campus. They were mostly conversational. I thought I did really well, but apparently I wasn't a good fit for the position. In currently interviewing for another position within the company though. Make sure you don't use a GMail for your resume because I got called out on it.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Technical Account Manager at Microsoft
Posted Mar 4, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2012 in Charlotte, NC (took 3 months)
Oct: Met with the recruiter at college career fair
Nov: Received phone interview
Dec: Received invitation to Charlotte, NC
January: Interview Day (Consist of 3 days: arrival/interview/individual tour)
Arrival: Dinner was paid for, and we get to meet with the past hires and some interviewers (casual dinner)
Hotel/Rides were given.
Interview day: consist of ~40 rotating students getting 1:1 interview with 4 interviewers.
Main question to prepare for is, "Why Microsoft?"
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Skills Test and a Personality Test.
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Technical Account Manager at Microsoft
Posted Jan 21, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2011 (took 2 weeks)
I had a phone interview with a recruiter that lasted 45 minutes. it consisted of some questions about my personality and experience along with a question about designing a calculator for a blind student. I got a 2nd interview and was flown to Texas for 4 1:1 interviews. I was not offered a job.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Technical Account Manager at Microsoft
Posted Dec 4, 2011
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1.0
Very Easy 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)
Was selected for an interview through on campus recruiting. The interviewer didnt ask any specific questions that could display my skills and experience. I guess the result was already decided on the basis of resume. I wasn't given the offer since I didn't have experience in the field they required (that's what I assume).
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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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Technical Account Manager at Microsoft
Posted Dec 1, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2011 (took a day)
I was called by the interviewer and she jumped right in. She asked me to talk about myself. I gave her the elevator speech. The rest were behavior based, with the exception of "Why Microsoft?" I was asked at the end of the interview was to teach her how to swing a gold club over the phone. I think that I did well because she giggled a couple of times. I found out 3 hours later that I was invited to Microsoft for a final interview. That will be in 2 weeks. I will update at that time.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Technical Account Manager at Microsoft
Posted Nov 24, 2011
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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 Oct 2011 (took 5 days)
I initially started with a phone interview which went very well. She asked typical customer service related questions. For example, you are going to meet with a new customer, what would you do in order to gain knowledge about the company? After the phone interview i was invited to an on campus interview. The company provided all travel arrangements. The day of the interview i had 4 interviews. The first one was job fit interview, the second and third one was a case interview, and the 4th one was behavioral. Thought i did ok but i guess that was not good enough because i did not get the job.
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Technical Account Manager at Microsoft
Posted Apr 11, 2011
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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 Mar 2011 (took 2 weeks)
You can sense how established and professional MSFT is by their process and communication style. The recruiter sent me 2 docs including life at MS and how to prepare for your interview. That last doc was overkill as it had advice down to making a 90 day plan and formal wear.
The real phone interview was about an hour and all situational questions. you should pick the relevant stories and tell them well.
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