Microsoft Technical Program Manager Interview Experience
Microsoft · Senior
Interview process
Process was very well made with good questions and open ended scenarios. Technical question was unexpected threat modelling.
Interview rounds · 4
- 1
Technical round
Concept- Q1. General Questions about my knowledge in offensive security
- Q2. How would you scale application security initiatives without scaling the team?
- Q3. Broad domain questions about security testing and assessments
- 2
Phone screen
- Q1. Why I am leaving the company and want to join MS
- 3
Other round
Behavioral- Q1. How do you encourage collaboration among cross-functional teams?
- 4
Final / onsite round
Concept- Q1. Asked me about Threat Modelling.
Tips from the candidate
Be confident on your experiences. Study how to communicate and collaborate effectively. Consider the scale of Microsoft: they ask this all the time.
Company culture
My perception about the technical team was correct: MS has great engineers. Managed was also correct: they have bad management level.