I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Nov 2013
Interview
They flew me to Seattle and put me up in a super nice hotel the night before. We started the interview process at 11 the next day.
between 11 and 1 we were taken around the Microsoft campus in Redmond as well as given 10 dollars for lunch at their food court area. The concierge was a pretty cool dude and I was really enjoying myself.
After that we had 4 one-on-one interviews with people from microsoft who worked in the positions we were hiring for. Besides having to wait over two hours after to hear if I received an offer, it was a pretty pleasant experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
None of the questions were all that difficult and they mostly pertained to what I spoke to them about. With a program manager interview if you are confident and have strong interests in something specific, then steer the interview to a that interest. For example, I have a lot of interest with collaboration in China and whenever I brought that up, they used scenarios that had to do with doing business with China. It was great.
The last interviewer asked me to design a calculator, which is a question someone else received in the glassdoor reviews so I would prepare for that one.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA) in Apr 2013
Interview
Overall very smooth and streamlined hiring and interview process. The recruiter that setup the hiring process was on top of everything. I had two phone screens followed by a full loop.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design a scalable system to collect all feedback for the Office product system.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA)
Interview
Back in the day, MS had an high entry bar despite the company's constant need for anyone. These days, expect a bunch of puzzle questions and be prepared to spend the day getting probed.