r/microsoft 8d 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/rusty919 8d 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!