Microsoft Consultant Interview Questions
& Process
Real candidates share what happened, how many rounds they had,
and how the experience turned out.
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First-hand accounts from people who interviewed at Microsoft.
Microsoft
Strategic Technology Advisor
Senior Average Positive experience Accept offer 4 rounds About 2 months
Interview process
Onsite Onsite Onsite Onsite
Interview formats
Behavioral Technical Presentation Other
4 rounds: - First round is with your manager - mainly questions around team fit and understanding of the market - Second round is a role-related-knowledge interview with your peer, - Third round is with a peer from adjacent organizations that you need to work closely with - mainly assess about understanding of the market and how you could help him/her - Final round is with your manager's manager - mainly assess on market knowledge
Confirmed questions6 questions
- Powerpoint presentation of a hypothetical customer scenario.
- 1. Describe the hub-and-spoke model.
- 2. Describe security considerations. Private/Public net.
Microsoft
Technical Consultant
Entry Very easy Positive experience No offer 3 rounds About 2 weeks
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen Onsite
Interview formats
Behavioral Technical
Resume Screening: Make sure your resume is well optimized for ATS (Applicant Tracking Systems) by adding relevant keywords about your skills, projects, and experience. Highlight your technical strengths in ReactJS, Agile methodology, machine learning, and blockchain security research so you can stand out. If you are applying for a testing or consulting profile, stress your problem-solving skills, debugging experience, and optimization techniques used in earlier projects. Customize your resume to fit the job description, keeping it aligned with the company’s needs. Technical Interview: Prepare thoroughly with ReactJS, including topics like components, state management, lifecycle methods, hooks, and performance optimization. Revise Agile methodology, with concepts like Scrum, Kanban, sprint planning, user stories, and backlog refinement. Refresh your DSA (Data Structures and Algorithms), especially arrays, linked lists, trees, graphs, sorting algorithms, and dynamic programming. Revisit DBMS topics like normalization, indexing, ACID properties, and SQL queries, since they are commonly asked. Review cloud computing (AWS, Azure, GCP) because cloud-based solutions are often used in tech consulting. Also be ready for logical puzzles, problem-solving questions, and scenario-based technical problems. HR Round: Get ready for behavioral questions like "Tell me about yourself," "Why should we hire you?" and "Describe a challenge you faced in a project and how you overcame it." Prepare responses for "Where do you see yourself in five years?" and "Why do you want to join this company?" Have clear, short answers for questions on teamwork, leadership, conflict resolution, and work ethics. Stay confident and keep good communication skills, since HR mainly looks at personality, attitude, and cultural fit.
Confirmed questions1 question
- What is shallow copy and deep copy?
Microsoft
Technical Consultant
Mid Average Negative experience Decline offer 3 rounds About 2 weeks
Interview process
Recruiter call Onsite Onsite
Interview formats
Behavioral Technical
After the recruiter's initial call, I had two interviews – one with the Director and another technical interview. The Director's interview was focused on behavioral topics and work challenges, while the technical interview went into scenarios about Azure DevOps processes and infrastructure. Both interviews went fine. But after waiting two weeks, the recruiter told me I was not selected for the Senior Technical Consultant role and instead offered me the Technical Consultant position with a lower salary. This was unexpected because I had applied for the Technical Consultant position, and we had already talked about the salary earlier. I turned down the offer, and I’m still confused by this sudden change, especially coming from a company like Microsoft.
Confirmed questions1 question
- Azure DevOps Process, Terraform, Bicap, JWT Token, Azure FrontDoor
Microsoft Consultant Interview Questions
Quoted word for word from Microsoft interview reports.
“If an object size is 100 KB, at what point will it get garbage collected? What are the ways to improve garbage collection? Which debugging tools can be used to inspect the problematic object?”
Read reports →“Which tech companies like to mainly show off their products and which ones mainly try to sell their products?”
Read reports →“what do you think will be the IT trend in the next 4 or 5 years?”
Read reports →“EPM is now a big focus for many companies. How do you see EPM working as a solution for the SME market?”
Read reports →“The toughest technical question I got was: how do you stop scammers from setting up fake banking sites to steal users’ login credentials?”
Read report →“If you were working at the Microsoft Library and Bill Gates called asking you to hold a book, and you told him it would be ready for pickup in a few minutes, but when you go to the shelf where it shows as checked in the book is missing and can’t be found, what would you do next?”
Read report →“Customer on terrain wants you to implement some small feature which was not part of the original plan, what would you do?”
Read report →“How would I react if, during a client meeting, the client made negative comments about Microsoft or its products?”
Read report →“If an upset customer came in and wanted to talk with you about long turn around time what would you say?”
Read report →Formats, difficulty and experience
Across all 361 Microsoft interview reports.