I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (Reading, England) in Aug 2011
Interview
3 stage process.
1. Line manager interview
2. Presentation to a panel
3. Senior manager/director interview (final)
I found the interview to be reasonably challenging, as an outsider to Microsoft, as you are always up against an internal candidate. I felt this gave you a slight disadvantage as you couldn't speak the internal language and you don't live and breath it. Really important to have done you research on Microsoft and the recent CEO communications to sound credible.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Competency based questions
Scenario based questions.
Questions about Microsoft future strategy.
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.