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Microsoft Program Manager Mock Interview

To help you prepare for a Program Manager interview at Microsoft, here are 30 interview questions and answer examples.

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What are some methods you would use to build relationships as program manager at Microsoft?

Relationship-building skills are essential to the success of a program manager. Interviewers ask this question to understand how a candidate would approach building relationships within Microsoft or with external clients.

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Microsoft Program Manager Interview Questions & Answers

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  • Behavioral

    1. What are some methods you would use to build relationships as program manager at Microsoft?

  • Behavioral

    2. Describe a time when you were required to pivot on the fly.

  • Communication

    3. How would you explain the cloud to your grandmother?

  • Discovery

    4. What do you enjoy the most about working as a program manager?

  • Discovery

    5. Describe a time when you implemented an extensible solution.

  • Discovery

    6. What level of budgetary responsibility do you have in your current role?

  • Discovery

    7. Please describe your experience leading project managers.

  • Discovery

    8. Are you comfortable with travel to client sites?

  • Discovery

    9. Describe your executive or senior management presentation experience.

  • Discovery

    10. Describe your experience partnering with internal teams involved in the enterprise delivery process such as security, DevOps, cloud, database, operations, and support.

  • Discovery

    11. What automated technology delivery tools or continuous deployment platforms do you have experience with?

  • Discovery

    12. Describe the roles you typically interact with the most as a program manager.

  • Discovery

    13. What strategic planning methods do you have experience with?

  • Discovery

    14. How would you design a dishwasher? What features would you include?

  • Discovery

    15. Please describe your experience managing agile projects.

  • Discovery

    16. Describe your preferred project or program kickoff process.

  • Discovery

    17. What attributes and behaviors does a program manager need to be successful?

  • Discovery

    18. Please describe your experience leading initiatives that utilize Azure.

  • Discovery

    19. How would you improve Microsoft Edge?

  • Discovery

    20. What is your least favorite aspect of program management?

  • Discovery

    21. What excites you the most about the opportunity to work as a program manager at Microsoft?

  • General

    22. How do you measure the success of the programs you are responsible for?

  • General

    23. What are the major differences between agile and waterfall methodology?

  • General

    24. What are the key components of a strategic roadmap document?

  • Leadership

    25. Describe a time when you served as a coach or mentor to a coworker.

  • Leadership

    26. Describe a time when you delegated a significant work effort to someone else on your team or to another team.

  • Leadership

    27. Describe your experience managing large-scale applications and projects across multiple product lines and businesses involving significant scope and complexity.

  • Operational

    28. How do you foster teamwork and collaboration in a remote setting?

  • Operational

    29. Describe your process for learning how to use a new application in the workplace.

  • Situational

    30. Describe a time when you had to work with a challenging stakeholder.