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      Senior Program Manager Interview

      25 Aug 2012
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Shanghai, Shanghai
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Microsoft (Shanghai, Shanghai) in Aug 2012

      Interview

      Referred by Senior HR Manager. Preliminary interview took place a couple of evenings later at city centre office with senior manager. Called back to main campus a week later. First three interviews very professional. Technical questions, lots of white boarding. Had an interesting discussion with programmer about optimising code. he was wrong,but could have been looking for a reaction. Fourth interview was over lunch with a manager. He turned up clutching lunchbox and confessed he'd forgotten he had a lunch interview. Headed to canteen and had generic interview style discussion. Returned to conference room where he confessed that he hadn't prepared any questions either. Still had good discussion about restructuring efforts and company culture. Throughout discussions, he referred to 5th interview with senior manager as if it was going to happen. Very positive. At end of one hour, he left to find senior manager (the same that carried out preliminary interview) to hand over for 5th and final interview. Left me fairly sure that I was through to the 5th interview and that an offer was therefore likely. He returned 30 minutes later and apologised that they seemed to have some logistical problems and he had been unable to find 5th interviewer so they were going to cut the day short. Would be in touch. Left, stunned and increasingly angry with the unprofessionalism of the 4th interviewer. Needless to say, have heard nothing further from the company.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Why do you want to work for Microsoft?
      1 Answer

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      Senior Program Manager Interview

      18 Nov 2025
      Anonymous employee
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Microsoft

      Interview

      5 rounds of interview- 1 hour each. Logical questions related to the role and previous experience. Every interviewer was calm, kind and knowledgeable. The process was quick. The schedule was on time.

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      Senior Program Manager Interview

      9 Oct 2025
      Anonymous employee
      Redmond, WA
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through other source. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA)

      Interview

      I first had a discussion with the hiring manager and then 3 short interviews with 3 different people that'd I'd be likely working with regularly. The interviews were focused on cultural attributes -- growth mindset, customer obsesses, diverse and inclusive, and finally One Microsoft.

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      Tell me about a mistake you made and how you learned from it.
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      Senior Program Manager Interview

      16 Jul 2025
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Redmond, WA
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA)

      Interview

      The Interview process was intense. I interview for the Bing Ads team and the questions were quite technical regarding experimentation and A/B testing. Focused on the publisher prespective and how the experimentation platform was built. Not much behaviourial questions were asked.

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