I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 6 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (São Paulo, São Paulo) in Feb 2015
Interview
It really began in mid-2012, when I sent a CV for the Enterprise Architect position. They called me for a series of interviews (HR, technical, presentation) in September, but I was on vacation and could not participate in the last one. So my CV was kept, and they reached to me in January, 2015 offering the same position. As I had gone previously through the HR and presentation interviews, I just got one more technical interview with a future peer, with my future manager and the head of Consulting for LatAm, before being told I had been accepted and discuss mt terms for hiring.
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Question 1
How would you address a customer who is having security issues with their current datacenter infrastructure?
The interviewing process was pleasant even through I was not offered the job. My interviews included multiple recruiters (apparently with different outsourced agencies), the hiring manager, two peers in similar positions, and other team members. Everyone was friendly and generally positive about the company. However, current employees expressed significant concerns about office politics and employee review processes.
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Question 1
Please detail your experience with the Microsoft Dynamics CRM product.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Washington, DC) in Nov 2014
Interview
Excellent communication and great experience. I had submitted my resume online a while ago and was contacted out of the blue for their Enterprise Architecture position. The experience overall took about 1 month to offer and then an additional 2-3 weeks to start date. It can be nerve racking as you wait to progress through each stage. Definitely practice if you can with someone who has gone through it. There are a ton of nuances that you may not be aware of as an outsider. Make sure you are Microsoft branded i.e. you don't "google" something, you "bing" it, and try and minimize non-Microsoft in your background. This is a competitve take-no prisoners company that is out to destroy the competition. Know what you are getting into.
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Question 1
What is your brand? (Just had to mention this as the greatest interview question I've ever been asked. I'm going to use myself going forward.)
