I applied through university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Philadelphia, PA) in May 2010
Interview
The interview process consisted of a 1 hour presentation of the role, a half hour phone screen and then 5 interviews all with sales managers, directors and HR. Though everyone was nice, five hours of interviewing was a bit exhausting. The standard questions were what are your career goals? Walk me through your resume.etc. However, most of the interview focused on selling and relationship building skills. Several give me an example of questions- leadership, dealing with a difficult employee, an accomplishment your most proud of etc. They also asked several relationship based selling questions- What tactics do you use to build relationships with customers etc. I have a bacground in sales so this part wasn't very difficult. I didn't receive an offer but I think it was mainly becauwe I didn't display enough passion for tech and the company. Even if you have relevant experience I think this is extremely important to them
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What do you have that all of the other top candidates don't have if you take out, background, experience, leadership, customer passion and most everything else?
The entire experience was an unexpectedly long and exhausting process, involving far too many repetitive rounds, and ultimately left me feeling frustrated. Based on everything, I would not recommend it
It was quite good and seamless. I didn't have any difficulties, the interviewer was great and the overall experience is something I would definitely recommend to each and everyone of you.
Il est conseillé d'obtenir une referral pour passer le screening ensuite vous avez plusieurs entretiens.
Vous avez d'abord un entretien téléphonique, ensuite un entretien avec votre futur manager, ensuite un cas pratique et un entretien de validation par votre futur directeur. D'autres entretiens peuvent se rajouter en cas d'incertitudes ou d'hésitations.