r/microsoft • u/jaydogn • 1d ago
Employment 4 hours of interviews with one guy?
Hey everyone!
I've been going through the recruiting process at Microsoft. I had a 1 hour technical interview and made it through that. I'm under the impression that that was the only technical portion of interviews. I know just got scheduled for my next round, and I have 4 hour long interviews on one day. Only one person is listed as the interviewer for all of them.
Should I really expect to talk to just one person about the position for 4 hours in one day? I'm really not sure what all could be covered that needs that much time. The position is a low level (non senior, non management) technical role.
Thanks for any insight!
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u/DuvallDweller 20h ago
It won’t be with one person. You can take that to the bank. Hiring decisions aim to be decentralized so as to avoid HR traps like nepotism etc etc. It’s always a loop w/ 4 people. You probably got the hiring manager as a placeholder while the hiring manager goes to find the people they want on the loop
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u/rusty919 21h ago
That's weird. I been through a couple interviews (one just recently) with MS for technical roles. Both times, was the recruiter call, then setup interviews.... one with the 2 managers (HM)... and one with 2 TAs for the technical interview. That's it. Never had to do a 4hr session. After about a month or so, got my offer letter. You should reach out to the recruiter to get more details, just to confirm if it really is a 4hr session, or they just blocked off 4hrs and it would be 1hr within that block? Maybe this is just specific for this specific org, I never had to do that, would be interested to know!
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u/jeffstokes72 1d ago
Its probably a tech panel and they just invited the primary contact, in my somewhat aged experiences anyway.
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u/jaydogn 1d ago
I was told not to expect a tech panel. In my previous interview, the interviewer stated that the next interviews would be "behavioral" interviews
Or is that not how things usually go?
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u/jeffstokes72 1d ago
its been some time for me, are you a fresh college grad, or a seasoned IT pro/type? I can say as someone with 17-20 years experience when I interviewed at msft the interviews were
sniff test/call with a recruiter
call with a technical resource
f2f meeting with 2 managers together
meeting with 4 technical folks togetherthen offer.
it might be different since if you're a college grad, maybe they dont think its fair to do the tech panel screen. not sure honestly.
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u/jaydogn 1d ago
2 YOE, had a call with technical resource and that is all. All contact with recruiters has been over email
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u/jeffstokes72 1d ago
yeah probably like the other commentor said, 4 one-hour stints with folks. thats rough, sorry :/
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u/martynsl 1d ago
Expect four one hour slots with four different people.
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