I applied in-person. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA)
Interview
The interviews occurred throughout one day and included five in-person interviews that lasted an hour each. They were informal discussions with no tricky curveball questions - primarily focused on skills and experiences as related to the position.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you handle collaborating with stakeholders across a global development team under the pressure of a tight product launch time frame?
I applied online. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Dec 2020
Interview
Phone screened with hiring manager, spoke with the recruiter, and then did an interview loop with 4 people. Overall much of the conversation was very relaxed just discussing projects and how I had managed everything from proposal to common challenges, and deployment. Was not very technical for the most part.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Can you describe one of your failures and what you learned from it?
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Microsoft (Tampere) in Feb 2021
Interview
Casual Interview in times of Covid-19. Using Teams to for individual interviews is working nicely. The people interviewing also know their role and clearly they are agreeing the topics everyone of them is going to discuss with you.
I would have been happy with the process even not getting an offer but how the closure was done was pretty disappointing. I was pulled through a series of inteviews (6 separate calls) and afterwards nothing told how the process would go. After 2,5 weeks I was just sent an automated email saying that "Thank you for applying, better luck next time". I would have assumed to be getting some level of personalised comms, even in for of an email. No reason given what happened.
Please Microsoft think your recruiting process through as the closure part is really important for the candidates and also for you. I would assume you would like to get people staying interested applying still for new positions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How Do manage co-located teams and disagreements between teams