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Asked at Microsoft • 3 years ago
Explain why Airbnb is a good app.
Product Manager
Behavioral
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Behavioral
Asked at Microsoft • 2 years ago
Tell me about a machine learning research topic you find interesting.
Machine Learning Engineer
Machine Learning
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Machine Learning Engineer
Machine Learning
Asked at Microsoft • a year ago
Given a list of transactions between friends, return the minimum number of transactions required to settle the debts. For e.g. Alice gave $5 to Bob and Bob gave $5 to Bill. Answer will be 1.
Software Engineer
Coding
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Coding
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Asked at Microsoft • 3 years ago
Tell me about a time when someone you networked with had a professional impact on you.
Product Marketing Manager
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Asked at Microsoft • a year ago
How would you build out a feature for Viva Engage?
Product Manager
Product Design
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Asked at Microsoft • 3 years ago
Tell me about a project where you had to teach yourself something new to solve a problem or complete a task.
Product Marketing Manager
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Asked at Microsoft • 6 months ago
What is SQL?
Data Engineer
SQL
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"SQL is structured query language."
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Data Engineer
SQL
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Asked at Microsoft • 3 years ago
How have you leveraged data to create solutions?
Product Marketing Manager
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Product Marketing Manager
Asked at Microsoft • 3 months ago
How do you drive adoption for a new product?
Product Manager
Product Strategy
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Product Manager
Product Strategy
Asked at Microsoft • 8 months ago
Given two empty jugs with capacities a and b liters and an infinite water supply, determine a way to end up with exactly X liters of water.
Software Engineer
Coding
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"Example: bucket A: 3 liters capacity bucket B: 5 liters capacity goal: 4 liters You are asked to print the logical sequence to get to the 4 liters of water in one bucket. Follow up: How would you solve the problem if you have more than 2 buckets of water?"
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Software Engineer
Coding
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Asked at Microsoft • 9 months ago
What is your philosophy on technology?
Customer Success Manager
Behavioral
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Customer Success Manager
Behavioral
Asked at Microsoft • 5 months ago
Design an app to read books online.
Product Manager
Product Design
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Product Manager
Product Design
Asked at Microsoft • 5 days ago
How would you prepare a presentation for the CEO, within two weeks, on Microsoft Shifts’ current performance and potential improvements?
Product Manager
Product Strategy
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Product Manager
Product Strategy
Asked at Microsoft • 8 days ago
Tell me about a time you had to work with the engineering team for a failure analysis.
Technical Program Manager
Program Sense
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Asked at Microsoft • 5 days ago
If you could only talk to one customer of your product, who would you pick to learn feedback from and why?
Product Manager
Product Strategy
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Product Strategy

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Top Microsoft Interview Questions

Explain why Airbnb is a good app.

Tell me about a machine learning research topic you find interesting.

Given a list of transactions between friends, return the minimum number of transactions required to settle the debts. For e.g. Alice gave $5 to Bob and Bob gave $5 to Bill. Answer will be 1.

Tell me about a time when someone you networked with had a professional impact on you.

How would you build out a feature for Viva Engage?

Tell me about a project where you had to teach yourself something new to solve a problem or complete a task.

What is SQL?

How have you leveraged data to create solutions?

How do you drive adoption for a new product?

Given two empty jugs with capacities a and b liters and an infinite water supply, determine a way to end up with exactly X liters of water.

What is your philosophy on technology?

Design an app to read books online.

How would you prepare a presentation for the CEO, within two weeks, on Microsoft Shifts’ current performance and potential improvements?

Tell me about a time you had to work with the engineering team for a failure analysis.

If you could only talk to one customer of your product, who would you pick to learn feedback from and why?

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