Cool products to work on and good experience. Remote work is easy if that is something you want.
Work just as hard as other tech companies for less money. You have to make senior or else you will eventually be let go.
Noticed Microsoft has changed some titles to product manager where previously it was program manager. What is the distinction between both roles now? Are the technical program manager roles now just project managers?
I was having this discussion with my buddy who works at Microsoft. Would like to know what blind thinks about it? I'll go first: Halo, Office (okayish) and Windows 7. #tech
I'm with Microsoft for the last 3 years in Redmond as a Senior Product Manager. We are assigned to a program or a project and asked to deliver it. Sometimes, im not sure if we are just delivery managers. Is there any real Product Management work that is happening across FAANGMULA or is it just mask...Read more
To all those at Microsoft, How are so many Product Managers from Microsoft able to lead a very nice tech influencer life style? Their instagram is full of them vacationing every week,travelling to new places, trying out new restaurants, buying very expensive cars, having veblen clothes and goo...Read more
What are the product related components of the Microsoft product manager (senior / principle) interview: Is it only product design? Or are there also product strategy and metrics / analytics questions (similar to Meta product manager interview)? #productmanager #microsoft #pm
Random passing thought but in the 2000s Msft products had some issues like windows would randomly get blue screens, rrod for Xbox 360s, and disaster launches like Vista, ME, Zune. After Nadella though, haven’t really seen this many issues arise from Microsoft products so what did he change for this ...Read more
Why are they so awful? Unnecessary complicated menus, often buggy and what not. I am also a .NET developer. Genuinely hate everything Microsoft. Anyone with me?
What’s the difference in these roles at MSFT? If I’m already in Product will Program at MS be a good next step?
Does Microsoft have product manager title or every product manager has program manager title? This is confusing. Can someone clarify?
Awaiting written offer? What should i expect? 20+YOE, current base $240, 30% bonus, 80k/yr #productmanagement #microsoft #azure #productmanager productmanager
#Product #productmanagement #microsoft #referral I see Microsoft posting Product positions on LinkedIn for Microsoft Team department. Wanted to reach out and see if anyone would be open to giving me a referral for that. Also if any Microsoft PMs would be open, would love to connect and discuss th...Read more
Has anyone recently interviewed for a Senior Product Manager role within the Azure Data team? I have a technical screen interview with the hiring manager coming up and would love to get some insights on what kinds of questions are asked. The recruiter mentioned there would be a SQL coding question a...Read more
Received my offer today form Microsoft Teams product group - Bangalore, India. YOE - 10+ Yrs Level - 62 Base - 35L Stock - 23L (i.e. $32K , 4 yr vesting) ann. bonus - 20% (Max) Sign on - 3L (1 time) Current TC : Senior PM Base - 32L Bonus- 3L Stock - NA Is taking a shot at MS teams product grou...Read more
I moved to Amazon under 12 months ago as a principal pm & have been using Microsoft word/sharepoint for documentation and absolutely hate it. After using google suite of products for 5+ years its a complete shocker how Microsoft’s office products can be so bad. I loved the smoothness of google docs/...Read more
Hey there! I’m looking at Microsoft for the next step in my career. What I’d love to help with : - what is the product manager role at Microsoft? I don’t see any in their career page. I’ve heard they call it program manager. How different is it from other companies? Do you have the same marketing, ...Read more
Hey Blind community, I managed to secure a Msft interview which comes up soon. I’d appreciate it if I could get some insight into what to expect and how to prep. Thanks! YOE: 7 Current TC: 0
I have a new grad offer from Microsoft and I am sure there are some pretty good engineers solving interesting problems on a regular basis. But just the fact that for every single Microsoft product, there exists an alternative that I'd much rather use makes me not want to work there. I know it's stu...Read more
Got an SPM offer to work on Microsoft Teams product. Have heard/read good reviews of the product so far. How does the future looks like for Teams? Any info would be helpful for me to make a decision. Thanks!
Hi Any insights on Microsoft way of interviewing Directors of product (marketing) managers? Technical? Brain teaser question or mostly sharing past experiences? I have never worked at MSFT and I have held senior product roles but I understand that MSFT product managers own marketing function and no...Read more