Microsoft Senior Program Manager interview questions
Updated Nov 18, 2025
based on 125 ratings
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Senior Program Manager applicants have rated the interview process at Microsoft with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 68.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Program Manager roles take an average of 30 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Microsoft overall takes an average of 58 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Microsoft as a Senior Program Manager according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 33%
Phone interview: 33%
Presentation: 33%
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5 rounds of interview- 1 hour each. Logical questions related to the role and previous experience. Every interviewer was calm, kind and knowledgeable. The process was quick. The schedule was on time.
I applied through other source. I interviewed at Microsoft (Redmond, WA)
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I first had a discussion with the hiring manager and then 3 short interviews with 3 different people that'd I'd be likely working with regularly. The interviews were focused on cultural attributes -- growth mindset, customer obsesses, diverse and inclusive, and finally One Microsoft.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a mistake you made and how you learned from it.
The Interview process was intense. I interview for the Bing Ads team and the questions were quite technical regarding experimentation and A/B testing. Focused on the publisher prespective and how the experimentation platform was built. Not much behaviourial questions were asked.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you define sample size for experimentation?