Understanding Microsoft Recruitment Process

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Sep 17, 2020 11 Comments

Hi all,
I interviewed with Microsoft for a Senior Program Manager role. I successfully made it all the way through 4 interviews with the final interview being with an APAC Regional Manager. Five hours after the interview I received an email from Microsoft HR congratulating me and that they are moving forward to an "offer step".

The subject of the email was "Microsoft pre-offer information request". The HR person asked me to send through information about my salary expectation, scan of my passport, nationality, payslip, and details of my current salary package. I confirmed with a contact of mine that this is normal procedure for Microsoft so they know I am not artificially inflating my income.

7 days passed and I emailed the HR person asking for an update, and I have received no response. It is now 2 weeks and there has been zero contact since that original email where they asked for my personal details.

In the Microsoft Action center is still has the role as "Your interviews are currently underway".

What is happening right now on their end, and does the "Microsoft pre-offer information request" mean I was successful in the role and they are just putting together a package for me now? Or was it just simply a request for information and it doesn't mean I've been successful in the role?

I'm just trying to gauge if I did land this role, or if I should move on with my life.

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  • If u have contact of hiring manager by any chance just ask him. I do not trust the recruiters at Microsoft to do their job properly.
    Sep 17, 2020 2
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      TDAC

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      I do have the hiring managers name, and they are on LinkedIn. If I don't hear anything by close of business Monday I'll try to message them.

      I'm just so confused as the email said "congratulations, we are going to move forward to the offer step". Then it's just a black hole of radio silence.

      I did have an experience last year where I interviewed for another role, and completed the 4th and final round of interviews, then I was ghosted by their HR department for 6 weeks. They would not reply to a single email of mine where I was just asking for an update or if there were any next steps for me. I couldn't even get feedback about my interview.

      This time I made it 1 step further where HR have emailed me saying they will move forward to the offer step - but now it's almost a copy & paste of my last experience.

      I guess I'd just rather know right now if I'm still in the running or not, rather than go through 6 weeks of uncertainty. At the same time, I don't want to appear "stupid" by asking the hiring manager if I am the chosen one.

      It probably doesn't help that clearly english is the 2nd (or third) language of the Microsoft recruiter - so for me it does seem a little ambiguous.
      Sep 17, 2020
    • Can feel you. I too didn’t have a pleasant experience with Microsoft recruiters in the past. It’s really frustrating to put all the effort and interview but then get ghosted by recruiters. You are at least entitled to receive a reply - a simple yes or no or wait time. If you have the hiring manager name you can ask the blind community to help get his email id. If still not able to get hold of it you can dm me his name and I can get you his email through my contacts.
      Sep 18, 2020
  • VMware
    eaDm66

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    eaDm66
    Microsoft recruiters sucks!
    Sep 17, 2020 0
  • Indeed
    fhjn27

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    fhjn27
    Did you interview with Microsoft India?
    Sep 19, 2020 2
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      As a matter of fact I did. I'm in Australia but the hiring manager is in India, and so was the big regional manager I had my final interview with.

      Is that of significance?
      Sep 19, 2020
    • Indeed
      fhjn27

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      fhjn27
      May be it's specific to India, but don't be surprised if you get delayed offer (may be even 4 weeks after your last interview). It may be quite impersonal as well.
      Sep 19, 2020
  • Apple / Eng
    plOM37

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    plOM37
    Ms recruiters are the worst I ever seen.
    Sep 17, 2020 0
  • Not normal in North America. I don't know about APAC though. That being said MS is notoriously slow so expect weeks for your offer to actually arrive
    Sep 17, 2020 0