I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft
Interview
I applied online had an initial phone interview then was flown to one of their offices. The whole process was very casual with few questions even behavioral ones. At the office I had 4 45 minute interviews with regional vice presidents. It was really more like having a conversation they brought you in a room with one of the VPs and you just sort of talked about the company and the products. Make sure you know their new sales strategy. Basically they want to get people to take the products they have at work and bring that same interface home.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Microsoft (Miami, FL) in Oct 2008
Interview
Usually the process involves a finals day with all of the selected candidates. The candidates will each interview with 4 to 6 people and each of the interviewers will be looking for different qualities in the interviewee. The qualities can range from solution knowledge of the products, sales skills, partner knowledge, executive presence, etc. After the interviews are completed the group will convene and compare their results. Sometimes, the top two are invited back unless it is an overwhelming agreement on one candidate. If the top two are invited back, usually there are different people that are interviewing the candidates like a regional VP.
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Question 1
Not that it is difficult, but candidates should have a 90 day business plan on how they would approach the job
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Microsoft in Oct 2011
Interview
It was a regular half hour talk. A senior manager interviewed me on campus and we were talking about next gen technologies like future of cloud computing, ipv6, issues with cloud computing and things like that. I told him I am not a programmer and I won't be able to answer any algorithm based questions.