Chief Financial Officer applicants have rated the interview process at Microsoft with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Chief Financial Officer roles take an average of 25 days to get hired, when considering 6 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Microsoft overall takes an average of 30 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Microsoft as a Chief Financial Officer according to 6 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 31%
One on one interview: 23%
Background check: 15%
IQ intelligence test: 8%
Skills test: 8%
Personality test: 8%
Group panel interview: 8%
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I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Microsoft (Ciudad de Mexico) in Jun 2015
Interview
Brief interview with head hunter in their offices. The CV looked to be good ans interesting for the person that interviewed me. He told me that there were more persons to be interviewed and then I will have a feedback from them.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The most importatn question was related to international experience in other counties.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (Seattle, WA) in Jul 2025
Interview
Could answer almost all questions and did develop good rapport. May not have been selected as i do not reside in same time zone as other members in the team
I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Microsoft (New York, NY) in Sep 2024
Interview
The interview process went very well. The people were great and the culture seems awesome. I would highly recommend this process to anyone. There were a few technical questions asked during the interview. Otherwise it was mostly behavioural.
I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft (London, England) in Apr 2021
Interview
interviewers shared a good overview of the role. it was not a long interview. interviewers asked me to share how I addressed specific issues encountered in my past roles relating to financial close, stakeholder management etc
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
how do you resolve issues encountered during financial close