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      Program Manager Interview

      28 Dec 2011
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Seattle, WA
      Declined offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through university. The process took 4 days. I interviewed at Microsoft (Seattle, WA) in Dec 2011

      Interview

      There were two stages for PM. First round was a 30 min on-campus interview which was very open-ended (ie design a better hospital information system and explain how you would roll it out to customers). It felt very short since the usual first round coding interviews I'd had were an hour, and Msft didn't ask me any coding questions. Second round was really fun, since Msft flew me up to Seattle for 3 days and encouraged me to explore the city all at their expense. I had a full-day interview on the second day, which consisted of five people for about an hour or so each with a lunch break, which I had with my third interviewer. First, my recruiter met with me to explain the schedule for the day and revealed which team I'd be interviewing with (he also said that you only interview with one team, and that team decides whether they want you or not). Then I had my interviews, which included a wide variety of questions, such as: - feature/spec design (ie how would you design some status-sharing/link-sharing system and what features would it have) - business strategy (ie failure analysis of Msft Kin and what you would do differently without hindsight to avoid such failure) - engineering design (ie how would you design/change twitter to allow a user who wants to see language translations of his feed, and what if he uses a third-party twitter client on his phone) - people/customer questions (ie how would you resolve a hard conflict between you and a key engineer on your team, how would you juggle between competing customer demands, engineering constraints, time commitments, etc other dimensions) - technical questions (ie client/server questions re: PBX, spin-lock code) I enjoyed the interview questions for their variety and were a nice break from just algorithmic/coding questions like my other interviews. I also appreciated the technical questions, which removed my initial worry about losing a chance to solve engineering problems. The interviewers had a variety of backgrounds and always left about five minutes for me to ask them any questions, and the people on the team I interviewed with all seemed very cool. Between interviews, my previous interviewer would converse with my next interviewer for a minute to "prep" him/her, so I'm guessing that if your first three interviews go very well, by the fourth one your interviewer's impression of you has been compounded positively three times before even meeting you. By the fourth interviewer, I was getting a strong hint that they had already decided to give me an offer (since I was not done interviewing, I was surprised when they implied it), so when I heard back a week later it was more of a confirmation. Msft also put together a sight-seeing package and restaurant recommendations, all of which they either cover on-spot or reimburse you for later. This is great if location is a factor in your decision, as it was for me. Then the same recruiter worked with me as before to explain all the details of the offer, and there was very good communication (fast email responses, hour-long phone calls, etc). Overall an enjoyable experience!

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      A variety of design, strategy, and technical questions. Most questions were design-related - anything from software design to user/feature design to backend server design.
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      5

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      Program Manager Interview

      17 Mar 2026
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Hyderābād
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft (Hyderābād) in Jan 2026

      Interview

      Not a great experience with interviews taking 1 month to complete. Despite ongoing communication, the role did not move forward, reportedly due to approval constraints. The overall experience highlights a gap in aligning internal approvals before progressing candidates to advanced stages. Clearer communication and better alignment internally would improve the candidate experience

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      Program Manager Interview

      8 Sept 2025
      Anonymous employee
      Redmond, WA
      Accepted offer
      Neutral experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA)

      Interview

      The interview process is grueling and I get why people do it but its more awareness, know that you'll spend an entire day and meet several people, so it's important to be mentally and physically prepared. Eat a good breakfast but not heavy stay hydrated. This was just for a PM role it's their standard process I imagine executive level is another thing altogether

      Interview questions [2]

      Question 1

      Tell me about a time you didn't agree with someone who was a stakeholder on your project and how did you handle that?
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      Question 2

      Tell me about a time that your project was not going to launch on it's timeline.
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      Program Manager Interview

      31 Jul 2025
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Declined offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Microsoft

      Interview

      Very smooth, thoughtful interview process. It showed the recruiter really cared what I had to contribute and asked great followup clarifying questions. Would definitely recommend everyone try an interview with them even if it doesn't pan out.

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      Question 1

      Name one project that you have worked on and tell us the outcomes?
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