I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (London, England) in Jul 2025
Interview
Worst candidate experience ever!!!
I’ve now interviewed twice with Microsoft’s AI recruiting team, and both experiences have been deeply disappointing.
• First time: The recruiter ghosted me after the screening call, ignored multiple follow-ups, and only came back eight weeks later with a rejection.
• Second time: The interviewer was clearly disengaged throughout the call, and it took the team a full month to return with a decision.
This pattern shows a lack of respect for candidates’ time and effort. The process felt disorganized, unprofessional, and borderline lazy. After going through this twice, I would not consider interviewing with Microsoft AI again
-structured and well designed
-professional and well trained mature interviewers
-feeling respected
-process could be a little bit too long
-took longer time between different rounds
-overall, very pleasant interview experience
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
D&I topic/business engagement/growth mindset/ data driven
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Microsoft (Melbourne) in Apr 2022
Interview
An informative interview process, clear concise information about the role, requirements and expectations. Friendly and relaxed, panel made the interviewee very comfortable. More of a conversation then an interrogation approach
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Question 1
Describe talent sourcing tools you have used in previous roles.