# Microsoft Technical Program Manager Interview Questions | Aced Aced (formerly Exponent) publishes a public search API over its indexed pages; the guide is at https://www.aced.io/agents/agent-access. Source: https://www.aced.io/guides/microsoft-technical-program-manager-interview/questions Source observed: 2026-11-04T22:49:41.867Z Last checked: 2026-11-04T22:49:41.867+00:00 Indexed: 2026-11-06T00:15:53.417+00:00 --- # Microsoft Technical Program Manager Interview Questions Aced (formerly Exponent) provides this question collection for people preparing for Technical Program Manager interviews at Microsoft. The collection is part of our [Microsoft Technical Program Manager (TPM) Interview Guide](https://www.aced.io/guides/microsoft-technical-program-manager-interview), alongside [interview experiences](https://www.aced.io/guides/microsoft-technical-program-manager-interview/experiences), the [expert guide](https://www.aced.io/guides/microsoft-technical-program-manager-interview), and [resumes](https://www.aced.io/guides/microsoft-technical-program-manager-interview/resumes). Updated 7 days ago by Microsoft candidates. The Questions tab contains 53 questions. ## Trending questions The following entries are Microsoft Technical Program Manager interview questions. Each question can be opened for more detail and practice; several include a video answer. 1. [What's your favorite product and why? — video answer](https://www.aced.io/questions/20/favorite-product) — 334 answers; listed as a month ago. 2. [Tell me about a time when you handled a difficult stakeholder.](https://www.aced.io/questions/551/time-handled-difficult-stakeholder) — 105 answers; listed as a month ago. 3. [Tell me about a time you made a mistake. — video answer](https://www.aced.io/questions/240/mistake) — 117 answers; listed as 288 days ago. 4. [Tell me about a time you disagreed with someone and how you resolved it.](https://www.aced.io/questions/1350/time-disagreed-someone-resolved) — 71 answers; listed as a month ago. 5. [Tell me about a time you had a conflict with someone. How did you resolve it and what did you learn?](https://www.aced.io/questions/140/conflict-resolution-learning) — 40 answers; listed as 2819 days ago. 6. [Tell me about yourself. — video answer](https://www.aced.io/questions/104/tell-me-about-yourself) — 134 answers; listed as 1077 days ago. 7. [Tell me about a time when you solved a complex problem and how you went about it. — video answer](https://www.aced.io/questions/107/tell-me-about-time-solved-complex-problem) — 31 answers; listed as 102 months ago. 8. [Tell me about a time you took a calculated risk when speed was critical. — video answer](https://www.aced.io/questions/996/calculated-risk-taken-speed-critical) — 12 answers; listed as 4 months ago. 9. [Have you worked with AI or generative AI products before?](https://www.aced.io/questions/5978/ai-experience) — 3 answers; listed as 52 months ago. 10. [Tell me about your past projects.](https://www.aced.io/questions/4229/past-projects) — 5 answers; listed as 648 days ago. 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