The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft
Interview
The interview process is structured with an initial fit interview followed by assessment center but Microsoft has no idea what they are doing and how they are communicating with potential candidates. If you are looking for specific roles within Mach there is no guarantee that the role or geography you prefer is the option they will interview you for. I understand it depends on business situation but for heavens sake at least communicate openly. They don't make an effort to communicate openly and expect candidates are willing to take any position they offer to interview for. Pathetic.
I applied through college or university. The process took 5 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (Warsaw, Masovia) in Jun 2016
Interview
The company recruited candidates from my business schools. It selected me after an initial screening and invited me to a Skype interview. The interview went well and I was supposed to pass to the next assessment stage. Some months later I was told I was not invited to the assessment center because there were not enough spots for all selected candidates and that the profile of other candidates matched their requirements more than mine. They told me to enter in contact direct with them for other opportunities at Microsoft. I did and I was ignored. I followed up and I was ignored. Great company! If it was never interested, it could have had the honesty to tell me instead of giving me false hope.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- Tell me about growth mindset.
- Why Microsoft?
- Run me through your résumé.
- Where do you see yourself at Microsoft?
- Tell me about a time when you had to take a decision without enough information.
I applied through college or university. The process took 7 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (Manchester, England) in Dec 2015
Interview
1 telephone call 2 assessment 3 interviews . Questions were competency based. The interviewers were friendly. You have to be prepared for all the types of competence based questions. Interview goes in informal, not stressful manner. Only problem is that process is too long.
