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Asked at Microsoft • 2 years ago
How would you build out a feature for Viva Engage?
Product Manager
Product Design
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Product Design
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Asked at Microsoft • 7 months 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 • 2 years 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
Data Structures & Algorithms
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Data Structures & Algorithms
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Asked at Microsoft • 4 years ago
How have you leveraged data to create solutions?
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Asked at Microsoft • a month 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
Software Engineer
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Software Engineer

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Asked at Microsoft • a year 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
Data Structures & Algorithms
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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?"
B. T. - "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?"See full answer
Software Engineer
Data Structures & Algorithms
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Asked at Microsoft • a year ago
Design an app to read books online.
Product Manager
Product Design
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Product Manager
Product Design
Asked at Microsoft • a year ago
What is your philosophy on technology?
Customer Success Manager
Behavioral
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Customer Success Manager
Behavioral
Asked at Microsoft • 4 months ago
Based on the latest AI news, what ideas do you have that are one step beyond what exists today?
Product Manager
Product Strategy
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Product Manager
Product Strategy
Asked at Microsoft • 4 months ago
What would you build and why? Run through an end-to-end “moonshot”-style example.
Product Manager
Product Strategy
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Product Manager
Product Strategy
Asked at Microsoft • 4 months ago
Have you done any “vibe coding” or built anything outside work that shows AI-first product thinking?
Product Manager
Behavioral
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Product Manager
Behavioral
Asked at Microsoft • 4 months ago
How would you reduce alert fatigue in Microsoft OneSoc?
Product Manager
Artificial Intelligence
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Product Manager
Artificial Intelligence
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Asked at Microsoft • 4 months ago
Have you tried tools like Lovable?
Product Manager
Product Design
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Product Manager
Product Design
Asked at Microsoft • 4 months ago
Design something based on a project on your resume.
Product Manager
Product Design
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Product Manager
Product Design
Asked at Microsoft • 4 months ago
Have you tried PowerPoint and what would you improve about it?
Product Manager
Behavioral
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Product Manager
Behavioral
Asked at Microsoft • 4 months ago
What is your pet peeve?
Product Manager
Behavioral
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Product Manager
Behavioral
Asked at Microsoft • a month ago
What LLMs or AI agents do you use, and why?
Product Manager
Artificial Intelligence
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Product Manager
Artificial Intelligence
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Asked at Microsoft, Google • 6 months ago
What is the purpose of a firewall? How will you configure one?
Security Analyst
Technical
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Security Analyst
Technical
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Asked at Microsoft, Amazon • 6 months ago
What is zero trust security?
Security Engineer
Technical
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Technical
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Asked at Microsoft, Google • 6 months ago
How does malware achieve persistence on Windows machines?
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Technical
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Top Microsoft Interview Questions

How would you build out a feature for Viva Engage?

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

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.

How have you leveraged data to create solutions?

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

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.

Design an app to read books online.

What is your philosophy on technology?

Based on the latest AI news, what ideas do you have that are one step beyond what exists today?

What would you build and why? Run through an end-to-end “moonshot”-style example.

Have you done any “vibe coding” or built anything outside work that shows AI-first product thinking?

How would you reduce alert fatigue in Microsoft OneSoc?

Have you tried tools like Lovable?

Design something based on a project on your resume.

Have you tried PowerPoint and what would you improve about it?

What is your pet peeve?

What LLMs or AI agents do you use, and why?

What is the purpose of a firewall? How will you configure one?

What is zero trust security?

How does malware achieve persistence on Windows machines?

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