There were several rounds with all members of the functional team. Started with HR function and phone screens, and then moved to in-person interviews. The final round was a blitz of several back to back interviews on campus, some of which were 30 minutes and others were 60 minutes. The last interview of the day was with the head of the group - he didn't ask many technical questions, was more testing general knowledge.
I interviewed for a manager role at Microsoft through a structured, multi-stage process. The interviews focused on leadership style, problem solving, and cross-team collaboration. Each interviewer asked behavioral questions tied to real scenarios, and the overall experience was professional, organized, and fairly challenging.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time you had to lead a team through a difficult decision when there was disagreement among stakeholders. How did you handle it and what was the outcome?
Spoke with a recruiter about my background and learned about the structure of the company and what they were looking for in the role. Had time for questions from me and wanted to hear specifics about my background.
Great and very well put together and nice people with very good intentions and very well meaning to the time the gave me during the interview yes yes and and yes