Microsoft Interview Guide: Interview Questions, Answers and Details 2024 (Program Manager, Product Manager/Technical Account Manager and similar non-dev roles)
(Also applies for Product Marketing Manager, Associates, Operations Manager, HR/Recruiter and Business Managers)
Last update: August 24, 2024. (This update was a rather big one. I have updated the content significantly based on feedback and added more questions that were asked to my recently hired colleagues in similar departments.)
With the recent hiring slowdown and continued layoffs in 2024, getting an offer from Microsoft is much more challenging and it requires a perfect interview. Increase your chances by studying answers from recent employees that got them into Microsoft.
Contents of the Microsoft Interview Guide
– How to get an interview at Microsoft.
– The questions recent candidates have been asked. (More than 150 pages of recent questions & answers with category & type breakdown)
– Microsoft employees’ “winning” answers to them (Those were the answers that got them into Microsoft).
– Behavioral Questions for managers and individual contributors.
– Many other crucial information that will help you stand out.
We are pretty sure that this Microsoft Interview Guide downloadable book will help you a lot during your interviews. The questions and the process also apply to manager roles in different global offices since they have a pretty standard process across the board.
Microsoft constantly finds itself in the “Top Companies to Work For” lists, and it is not a surprise. With its products and services used by more than a billion people, it is one of the best-known companies in the world. It has many offices around the world and it is known to make its employees really feel like they belong. We really hope that you get a job offer here!
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GowenPlaces (verified owner) –
This guide is written as described. I have a call at 12:30pm PST tomorrow with a PM of Recruiting at Microsoft. Going for TAM. Thank you Ryan! With your guide and other SDLC materials, I feel prepared!
fleeg (verified owner) –
Thanks ryan! mad helpful, hopefully i ace it haha
mdutt (verified owner) –
I used Ryan’s guide for my WA based project manager interviews (pjm) at Microsoft and can’t praise it enough. Ryan’s main strength comes from the answering “approach” he outlines in his guide and I’ve found that it made a big difference for my interviews. The book also has a lot of sample interview questions and asnwers (most of them matched the questions I got during my interviews). Happy to recommend this great resource. Thanks!
nota12 (verified owner) –
wow, really happy that I came across this. Aced my first two interviews at Redmond (pm role) with the help of questions &answers in this book, waiting for the call for the last round. Thanks for creating this!
name (verified owner) –
Thank you I liked it 🙂
mannheim (verified owner) –
helped me a lot!
hyatt (verified owner) –
I found it to be very useful for microsoft interviews. Makes you practice questions & answers in a much more structured way. Thumbs up!
lyke (verified owner) –
I confirm it is useful for program manager interviews.
ncknate (verified owner) –
detailed & well-made.
mirojack (verified owner) –
really good questions and answers. I already feel more confident about the interviews!