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Asked at Microsoft • 9 months ago
What LLMs or AI agents do you use, and why?
Product Manager
Artificial Intelligence
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Artificial Intelligence
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Asked at Microsoft • 6 months ago
Design something based on a project on your resume.
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Product Design
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Product Design
Asked at Microsoft • 6 months ago
Have you tried PowerPoint and what would you improve about it?
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Behavioral
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Behavioral
Asked at Microsoft, NASA • 7 months ago
Write a PowerShell script to detect C2 beaconing.
Security Engineer
Coding
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Coding
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Asked at Microsoft • 6 months ago
What is your pet peeve?
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Behavioral
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Asked at Microsoft, Google • 7 months ago
What is the purpose of a firewall? How will you configure one?
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Technical
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Asked at Microsoft, Amazon • 7 months ago
What is zero trust security?
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Technical
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Technical
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Asked at Microsoft, Amazon • 7 months ago
How do you work through figuring out things you don't know?
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Technical
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Technical
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Asked at Microsoft, Google • 7 months ago
How does malware achieve persistence on Windows machines?
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Technical
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Technical
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Asked at Microsoft, Amazon • 7 months ago
What SOC processes have you automated?
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Technical
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Technical
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Asked at Microsoft, Amazon • 7 months ago
What are the differences between a vulnerability, threat, and risk?
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Technical
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Technical
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Asked at Microsoft, Uber • 7 months ago
What's the difference between encryption and hashing?
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Technical
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Technical
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Asked at Microsoft • 6 months ago
What motivates you to get up from the bed?
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Behavioral
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Behavioral
Asked at Microsoft • 6 months ago
What kind of news do you read?
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Behavioral
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Behavioral
Asked at Microsoft • 9 months ago
Open your calendar and walk me through your week, and tell me how that translates to being a product manager.
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Behavioral
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Behavioral
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Asked at Microsoft • 9 months ago
Walk me through the roles on your AI project team and how you'd handle training an LLM on data that includes usernames and emails.
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Cross-Functional
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Cross-Functional
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Asked at Microsoft, Department of Defense • 7 months ago
What is cyber threat intelligence and how is it used by a SOC?
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Technical
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Technical
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Asked at Microsoft • 7 months ago
What steps would you take if you discovered an active security compromise of a client's computer?
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Technical
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Technical
Asked at Microsoft, Department of Defense • 7 months ago
What are some common ports that a typical windows or unix workstation uses?
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Technical
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Asked at Microsoft • 3 months ago
Implement a method to convert an integer to a string of bytes without using built-in helper functions.
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Coding
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Software Engineer
Coding

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Top Microsoft Interview Questions

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

Design something based on a project on your resume.

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

Write a PowerShell script to detect C2 beaconing.

What is your pet peeve?

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

What is zero trust security?

How do you work through figuring out things you don't know?

How does malware achieve persistence on Windows machines?

What SOC processes have you automated?

What are the differences between a vulnerability, threat, and risk?

What's the difference between encryption and hashing?

What motivates you to get up from the bed?

What kind of news do you read?

Open your calendar and walk me through your week, and tell me how that translates to being a product manager.

Walk me through the roles on your AI project team and how you'd handle training an LLM on data that includes usernames and emails.

What is cyber threat intelligence and how is it used by a SOC?

What steps would you take if you discovered an active security compromise of a client's computer?

What are some common ports that a typical windows or unix workstation uses?

Implement a method to convert an integer to a string of bytes without using built-in helper functions.

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