Microsoft PM Interview

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baeray
Oct 27, 2021 18 Comments

So I'm vastly underpaid and overworked at startup I desperately want to leave. I had a Microsoft recruiter reach out for a Program Manager role and just passed the recruiter phone screen and have my first real round next week. Would really appreciate any tips on how to prep for the Microsoft interview process and what I should expect to get asked. I'm dying to leave this dumpster fire of a startup and have heard great things about Microsoft. Thanks in advance for any insight you can share :)

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  • Microsoft / Product
    open5

    Go to company page Microsoft Product

    open5
    I’m a principal pm and was recruiting a year ago. If you want, dm me your email and I can forward you a write up that someone had sent me about msft recruiting that was really helpful. They switched up the interview process recently so I think the advice will help
    Oct 27, 2021 12
    • Could someone please send me this as well? Has anyone in this thread got it? I will dm.
      Jan 7
    • Amazon
      drakebroke

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      drakebroke
      open5 is basically trying to sell the PM interview course of Product Alliance. It is really not needed. The interview is pretty straight forward as described by hdghsjjuj. Here is what open5 will message you:

      “In terms of prep, I would highly recommend checking out Product Alliance's Microsoft PM interview course. I’m sharing some of the insights from the course but the course goes wayyyy deeper and was super insightful. They also had lists of Microsoft specific questions sourced from their community that I actually got asked word for word during my onsite. I genuinely don’t think there’s any chance I would have gotten my Microsoft offer at the level I did without that course.

      After you get through the course, start mock interviewing with friends who are also PMs or consider looking at services like igotanoffer where you can get a hourly coach for a few hours to evaluate you. I’ve also had some luck just DMing on Blind people at Microsoft to mock interview me for as little as $90/hour but the quality of mock interview feedback was definitely better with igotanoffer, albeit more expensive.

      Damn that was a lot lol but I think it’s everything. Hope it’s helpful. Good luck in the interview.”
      Jan 10
  • Amazon
    hdghsjjuj

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    hdghsjjuj
    Honestly, I went through the material mentioned by open5 and the interview. This material was not helpful. Prepare for generic product sense interview and Amazon behavioral style questions. That will cover everything.
    Jan 10 2
    • Cisco
      an°nym°us

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      an°nym°us
      yes can confirm
      Jan 10
    • Amazon
      drakebroke

      Go to company page Amazon

      drakebroke
      Exactly, open5 is basically trying to sell the PM interview course of Product Alliance. It is really not needed. The interview is pretty straight forward as described by hdghsjjuj. Here is what open5 will message you:

      “In terms of prep, I would highly recommend checking out Product Alliance's Microsoft PM interview course. I’m sharing some of the insights from the course but the course goes wayyyy deeper and was super insightful. They also had lists of Microsoft specific questions sourced from their community that I actually got asked word for word during my onsite. I genuinely don’t think there’s any chance I would have gotten my Microsoft offer at the level I did without that course.

      After you get through the course, start mock interviewing with friends who are also PMs or consider looking at services like igotanoffer where you can get a hourly coach for a few hours to evaluate you. I’ve also had some luck just DMing on Blind people at Microsoft to mock interview me for as little as $90/hour but the quality of mock interview feedback was definitely better with igotanoffer, albeit more expensive.

      Damn that was a lot lol but I think it’s everything. Hope it’s helpful. Good luck in the interview.”
      Jan 10
  • Did you get the offer?
    If yes, mind sharing how was your interview experience?
    Jan 7 0
  • Cisco
    an°nym°us

    Go to company page Cisco

    an°nym°us
    nice which team are you interviewing for?
    Oct 29, 2021 0