Microsoft Interview Questions

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  • Microsoft logoAsked at Microsoft 
    Product Manager
    Product Design
  • Microsoft logoAsked at Microsoft 

    "BERT - bidirectional encoder representations from transformer. For example:- it takes an entire sentence as input at once and understands the meaning of the words in that sentence and calculate the relations of words with each other irrespective of their positions from the original word to understand the meaning of the word using neighboring words. BERT model is a pre trained transformer model which can be fine-tuned for our purposes. It is used for tasks such sentimental analysis, question answ"

    Bhavya V. - "BERT - bidirectional encoder representations from transformer. For example:- it takes an entire sentence as input at once and understands the meaning of the words in that sentence and calculate the relations of words with each other irrespective of their positions from the original word to understand the meaning of the word using neighboring words. BERT model is a pre trained transformer model which can be fine-tuned for our purposes. It is used for tasks such sentimental analysis, question answ"See full answer

    Machine Learning Engineer
    Concept
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    Product Manager
    Behavioral
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    "I would like to appreciate the company for giving an opportunity to visually impaired colleague and also making appropriate arrangements for enabling them to deliver their responsibilities smoothly. When I become aware of a teammate who is blind, I would start with the following steps - Understanding the degree of disability they have and doing my own research on how can one interact with such colleagues and facilitate smooth coordination with them I would approach them and ask as to how c"

    Khushboo S. - "I would like to appreciate the company for giving an opportunity to visually impaired colleague and also making appropriate arrangements for enabling them to deliver their responsibilities smoothly. When I become aware of a teammate who is blind, I would start with the following steps - Understanding the degree of disability they have and doing my own research on how can one interact with such colleagues and facilitate smooth coordination with them I would approach them and ask as to how c"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Behavioral
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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
    Coding
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    Customer Success Manager
    Behavioral
  • "My toughest project was at the Hampton Inn in 2023 and what we did was we had to sort the soap into boxes and then what was hard about it is we had to sort the boxes of soaps into bottles and on the other box we had to put the bottles, we had to make it neat so that they can ship it into other areas were soap was needed."

    Amparo L. - "My toughest project was at the Hampton Inn in 2023 and what we did was we had to sort the soap into boxes and then what was hard about it is we had to sort the boxes of soaps into bottles and on the other box we had to put the bottles, we had to make it neat so that they can ship it into other areas were soap was needed."See full answer

    Behavioral
  • "First thing I would like to consider is what is the potential opportunity to building an apps marketplace. Questions I would ask are: What’s the current user base of Microsoft Office Suite? What is that in revenue? Is it growing or declining? Where are users going to if they’re leaving? What are the most popular and least popular apps used in the Office suite? What are other apps that Microsoft Officer users use outside of the suite? Assuming that Microsoft Office has a massive us"

    Patrick M. - "First thing I would like to consider is what is the potential opportunity to building an apps marketplace. Questions I would ask are: What’s the current user base of Microsoft Office Suite? What is that in revenue? Is it growing or declining? Where are users going to if they’re leaving? What are the most popular and least popular apps used in the Office suite? What are other apps that Microsoft Officer users use outside of the suite? Assuming that Microsoft Office has a massive us"See full answer

    Product Design
    Product Strategy
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    "Before we jump into discussion , few Qs which come to my mind in order to narrow the scope are: What kind of security system we are thinking . What do we want to achieve? Is there any biz goal in mind. What security related pain points are we trying to solve. What is the kind of hotel - is it a vacation rental , standalone hotel, highway motel, big chain resorts? What are the current systems being used. I think most of hotels have closed circuit cameras , fire alarms installed in"

    Samarth S. - "Before we jump into discussion , few Qs which come to my mind in order to narrow the scope are: What kind of security system we are thinking . What do we want to achieve? Is there any biz goal in mind. What security related pain points are we trying to solve. What is the kind of hotel - is it a vacation rental , standalone hotel, highway motel, big chain resorts? What are the current systems being used. I think most of hotels have closed circuit cameras , fire alarms installed in"See full answer

    Product Design
    Technical
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    "I would consider building a device that could store up energy from cycling and can be later used for charging phones. Such a product can be used by people who use a cycle as a means of short transportation as well as those who go on long journeys. This would also serve as a very useful product since they won't need to carry a power bank with them nor would they need to worry about recharging a portable device before setting out. It would be even better if the device is very compact with limited"

    Ganga meghanath E. - "I would consider building a device that could store up energy from cycling and can be later used for charging phones. Such a product can be used by people who use a cycle as a means of short transportation as well as those who go on long journeys. This would also serve as a very useful product since they won't need to carry a power bank with them nor would they need to worry about recharging a portable device before setting out. It would be even better if the device is very compact with limited"See full answer

    Product Design
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    "Understand who will use the kitchen is the first step"

    Anonymous Impala - "Understand who will use the kitchen is the first step"See full answer

    Technical Program Manager
    Product Design
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  • Product Manager
    Behavioral
  • "There are many companies I’m excited about, but none captures my heart and imagination more than Lego. I have great memories of playing with Lego. I remember the thrill and happiness after completing a set and the excitement to show it to my family, relatives and friends. From a product standpoint, Lego offers a myriad of opportunities for growth in today’s context in which technology is ubiquitous. **Lego has faced several challenges over the years from expanding their user base, tradi"

    Carlos L. - "There are many companies I’m excited about, but none captures my heart and imagination more than Lego. I have great memories of playing with Lego. I remember the thrill and happiness after completing a set and the excitement to show it to my family, relatives and friends. From a product standpoint, Lego offers a myriad of opportunities for growth in today’s context in which technology is ubiquitous. **Lego has faced several challenges over the years from expanding their user base, tradi"See full answer

    Product Strategy
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    "Depends on the kind of goals they are trying to pursue. I would clarify with the interviewer. . if you work for say a fintech, and are trying to create say a real-estate app with company resources - no go . if you want to write a book on management say while being an EM, then there's some wiggle room here. As long as you get the book approved by your IP team, should be ok . if you want to work on a hackathon project on something tangentially related to your team, still ok as long as the concept"

    Musa G. - "Depends on the kind of goals they are trying to pursue. I would clarify with the interviewer. . if you work for say a fintech, and are trying to create say a real-estate app with company resources - no go . if you want to write a book on management say while being an EM, then there's some wiggle room here. As long as you get the book approved by your IP team, should be ok . if you want to work on a hackathon project on something tangentially related to your team, still ok as long as the concept"See full answer

    Engineering Manager
    Behavioral
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    Machine Learning Engineer
    Concept
  • "Clarify: Is this an app that we want to house within the FB ecosystem, or will this be a standalone app? When we say food delivery, do we mean meals that are ready to eat? Groceries? Convenience store items? Assumptions: Let's make some assumptions here: App will not be housed in with FB ecosystem. This is not even an app associated with FB. Food delivery will be defined as delivering meal(s) that are ready to eat when you receive them **Goal: Take on the incumbents by addressi"

    Jonathan O. - "Clarify: Is this an app that we want to house within the FB ecosystem, or will this be a standalone app? When we say food delivery, do we mean meals that are ready to eat? Groceries? Convenience store items? Assumptions: Let's make some assumptions here: App will not be housed in with FB ecosystem. This is not even an app associated with FB. Food delivery will be defined as delivering meal(s) that are ready to eat when you receive them **Goal: Take on the incumbents by addressi"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Design
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    "Target Consumers: corporate clients - for business meetings students (in school, college) aspirants who want to take competitive exams/tests Identify underserved customer needs: re-application leads to post-it's not being sticky enough space crunch so user needs to be precise post-its need to stick from all 4 corners for it to be readable and so it folds less writing with pen, marker gets imprinted on next page Define Value Proposition: a small piece of paper with concise list of"

    Priyanka D. - "Target Consumers: corporate clients - for business meetings students (in school, college) aspirants who want to take competitive exams/tests Identify underserved customer needs: re-application leads to post-it's not being sticky enough space crunch so user needs to be precise post-its need to stick from all 4 corners for it to be readable and so it folds less writing with pen, marker gets imprinted on next page Define Value Proposition: a small piece of paper with concise list of"See full answer

    Data Analyst
    Product Strategy
  • Product Manager
    Product Design
  • Microsoft logoAsked at Microsoft 

    "If I were to design a smartwatch app for Uber, I'd sort my work into two buckets: modifications fro the mobile-native app and new features that would be considered for the Uber experience on a smartwatch. As for modifications - you'd really have to think through the customer journey of ordering an Uber from your watch. For the purposes of this question, the only use case to use Uber would be to order and complete a ride from one point to another, not to look at ride history or get help on a pr"

    Allison C. - "If I were to design a smartwatch app for Uber, I'd sort my work into two buckets: modifications fro the mobile-native app and new features that would be considered for the Uber experience on a smartwatch. As for modifications - you'd really have to think through the customer journey of ordering an Uber from your watch. For the purposes of this question, the only use case to use Uber would be to order and complete a ride from one point to another, not to look at ride history or get help on a pr"See full answer

    Product Manager
    Product Design
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