It’s been nearly 3 weeks since my first round interview with Microsoft for an internship position. I’ve looked online and apparently other people heard back and moved on for the technical interview within a week after their behavioral. The recruiter said it takes 3-5 to week but it kind of feels like I didn’t do great since I didn’t hear back sooner. Should I just move on?
You're probably rejected man
Don’t worry bud. They took a long time to get back to me as well, but I still moved on. I think they hire in waves, so they’re probably wrapping up final rounds for people to determine how many spots they have left.
Send an email to the recruiter. Microsoft has a decentralized recruitment system. Thr quality of your experience is 100% reliant on your recuriter. Microsoft has an army of contract recuriters competing with one another for bringing in candidates. These recruiters prioritize candidates they think give them the best chance of getting a hire and a subsequent commission. Your Microsoft recruiter is the key to getting in. If they like you, they'll fight for you. My recruiter went to bat for me and pushed my resume in front of 4 hiring managers (for positions I didn't even apply to, I applied to like 10 but she just started looking for others that I would be a fit, Microsoft has thousands of open positions). Because of her doing that, I did 2 interviews, failed with the first team, got on with the second team and even had two other teams asking her to interview me if I didn't want to take the offer from the second team. Your recuriter is key to your ability to enter Microsoft. My advice? If you have a recuriter who isn't into you, get a new one by aggressively applying to positions on the Microsoft website. I'm talking all of them fam. Sit down and take a whole half day to apply to as many as you can, it'll route you to a new recuriter who might fight for you harder.
Hi! Did your recruiter reach out? Hope you passed *fingers crossed*
Nope they never did. Ended up checking my application profile everyday until I noticed that they rejected me. Pretty disappointed since they were my dream company
Oh no :(( how long did it take for your application to move to rejected?
If the recruiter said 3 to 5 weeks then it’s 3 to 5 weeks...